Spear Phishing

A form of phishing that targets specific high-level executives such as CEOs and presidents.
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A form of social engineering that attempts to trick users into giving up sensitive information, opening an attachment, or clicking a link in response to an email. It is sent indiscriminately to a large number of users.
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A form of phishing that uses Voice over IP (VoIP) to trick users. It will often spoof the caller’s actual phone number by fooling the caller ID system.
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Code downloaded and installed on a user’s system without the user’s knowledge. Attackers sometimes modify code on legitimate websites to include drive-by downloads. They also host their own malicious websites and use phishing or redirection methods to get users to the malicious website.
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The practice of obtaining personal information under false pretenses. Often related to phishing and other social engineering attacks.
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