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Phishing and spear phishing

Social engineers still use phishing techniques to gather information about a target. They are keen to exploit emotions such as fear and excitement, coupled with some pressures such as urgency to get the maximum rate of compliance. Currently, phishing and spear phishing attacks have become advanced as attackers have the ability to perfectly clone reputable websites and use them to steal a client's data. The ability to shorten the URLs of these websites is also helping attackers avoid detection since users would be alarmed if they noticed some difference between the legitimate site URLs and those of the links sent by attackers. Attackers are using clones of sites such as online banking systems and social media accounts ...