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The 5 phases of a phishing attack

October 19, 2016

Phishing attacks have recently become more carefully crafted and even more effective, no longer random mass emails attacks. A phishing email may be a very targeted attack, a spear phishing attack and even whale phishing. These kinds of attacks have made the headlines over the past few years for recent large corporate and government hacks. Follow this infographic to see the phases a cyber criminal would go to when carrying out a phishing attack.

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The 5 phases of a phishing attack