Employee Security Awareness Training

Some specialized types of phishing include:

• Vishing: “Voice” phishing uses spam calls
• Smishing: “SMS” phishing uses text messages
• Spear Phishing: A phishing strategy that targets specific victims
• Whaling: A phishing strategy that targets high-profile victims

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack in which a threat actor, posing as a trustworthy source, attempts to trick a victim into doing something, either through email, webpages or even by phone.

Phishing is a social engineering tactic that can be used for many things, such as stealing credentials or getting malware onto a system.