Phishing is a cybercrime where criminals pretend to be a trustworthy person or company to steal your personal information, like passwords and credit card numbers. They use tricks, like creating fake websites or sending urgent messages, to make you act quickly without thinking.
Under this topic, we will try to provide you with practical information about phishing types, how they infiltrate our computers, and what precautions we can take.
Age-related fatigue might result from fast technological improvements. Our digital hero, Aunt Ayşe, also struggled with phishing in the digital world. But she was determined and quickly rolled up her sleeves.
Please review the descriptions below and attempt to understand the various forms of phishing and the ways in which they pose a threat to us. After that, let’s complete the following matches in the next section to see how much we comprehend:
- Email Phishing: Sending out fake emails to many people with a link to a fake website.
- Spear Phishing: A targeted email attack on a specific person or company.
- Whaling: A type of spear phishing that targets high-ranking executives.
- Smishing: Using text messages to send malicious links.
- Vishing: Using fraudulent phone calls to trick people into giving up information.
- Pharming: Redirecting you to a fake website, even if you typed in the correct address.
Summary of the lesson
As long as positive developments in the digital world continue, many negative developments will also follow. However, these negative developments should not discourage us or discourage us. While seemingly complex, all these negative developments can be understood and mastered through focused learning as soon as we keep in mind these three takeaways:
- Knowledge is the best defence
- Confidence comes with competence
- Phishing is beatable