Spear Phishing

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It is a personalized as well as targeted cyber attack that makes use of your interest in the bid to trick you into clicking a malicious link in an email. This targeted attack uses the information from the various social media sites, work emails as well as other sources for launching a one-on-one phishing attack against an individual. It is considered to be more dangerous than mass phishing as it uses your personal information in order to gain your trust.

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