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Phishing Definition

Offers a concise phishing definition along with detailed explanations of how phishing campaigns operate. Content covers the lifecycle of a phishing attack, common lures used by cybercriminals, and the technical and psychological methods that make these schemes effective.

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Phishing Definition

Phishing Definition: What It Really Means in 2026

In 2024, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center received over 298,000 complaints related to phishing — making it the most reported cybercrime for the fifth consecutive year. Yet when I ask employees in training sessions to give me a phishing definition, most of them describe a Nigerian prince

Carl B. Johnson Jun 23, 2019 6 min read