The Most Common Phishing Attacks

Phishers attack business by collecting customer mailing list, so they can cover-up as your business entity and steal from customers. Scammer’s method is to develop emails or phone scripts to victimize their customers. They steal the data from links where messages directed them. The scammer then disappears and use the customer’s information to purchase for which the customer is unaware. There are 8 common phishing attacks:

1) Whaling/ Cyber whaling, 2) Hapooning , 3) Spearfishing , 4) Fake Phishers, 5) Pharming, 6) Mimic phishing , 7) Nigerian payment for the service and 8) Banking scams. Read more at: https://www.computer.org/web/computingnow/security/content?g=53319&type=article&urlTitle=8-common-phishing-attacks-and-how-to-protect-against-them