In the realm of cyber security, a phishing attack entails a deceitful scheme whereby malicious "threat actors" impersonate trustworthy entities. Their objective? To acquire sensitive information, such as passwords, a credit card number or numbers and other financial details, from unsuspecting individuals.
In more sophisticated types of phishing attacks, threat actors employ a multitude of techniques, such as phone calls, suspicious emails, malicious websites, text messages, and other methods, to illicitly acquire confidential information for their benefit.
Phishing campaigns have been evolving with ever-increasing sophistication. These deceptive tactics now encompass the use of legitimate services or websites, accompanied by the tailoring of phishing links, to specifically target individuals or organisations.