Spear Phishing vs. Whaling

InfosecTrain · Aug 9, 2023 · 5m

Since COVID-19, cyberattacks have increased at a faster rate than before. Cybercriminals are using different types of cyberattack techniques to gain access to organizations, which has disastrous effects such as unauthorized access, identity theft, money theft, etc., leading to a loss of reputation, depletion of customer trust, and financial losses for the organizations. Social engineering attacks are among the most frequent kinds of cyberattacks. They occur when an attacker misleads a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message and clicking on a malicious link that inserts…