What exactly is Phishing?

🤷‍♂️ 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐘𝐏𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐘𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄… 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆? 🤷‍♀️

📌 Phishing is a type of cybersecurity attack during which malicious actors send messages pretending to be a trusted person or entity.

🔑  Phishing messages manipulate a user, causing them to perform actions like installing a malicious file, clicking a malicious link, or divulging sensitive information such as access credentials.

🔓 Phishing is the most common type of social engineering, which is a general term describing attempts to manipulate or trick computer users.

🕴🏼And did you know? Social engineering is an increasingly common threat vector used in almost all security incidents.

⚔️ Read our infographic below to know more about how to read the 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙎 and avoid the many 𝙆𝙄𝙉𝘿𝙎 of phishing.