Secure Yourself from Phishing Attacks: Top Techniques Used in Phishing

Gupta Bless
9 min readMar 26, 2023
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Introduction

Phishing is a form of fraud in which an attacker poses as a trustworthy entity in order to trick individuals into providing sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers, or to install malware on their devices. This is often done through email, but can also be done through phone calls, text messages, or social media messages. The goal of phishing is typically to steal personal information or money.

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Today’s attackers use a wide variety of methods to deceive legitimate users, and phishing includes a variety of techniques. In this blog, we will discuss some of the most effective phishing techniques.

Top Techniques Used in Phishing attacks.

Different phishing attacks may utilize different methods, but they always share a basic goal: to get victims to provide confidential information or download malicious software. These are some of the most common methods employed in phishing scams.

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