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What Is Spear Phishing

Explains spear phishing — targeted email attacks crafted using personal information to deceive specific individuals or organizations. Articles define how spear phishing differs from generic phishing, break down real attack scenarios, and offer actionable guidance for recognizing and stopping these precision social engineering campaigns.

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What Is Spear Phishing? The Targeted Attack Behind Major Breaches

A Single Email Cost This Company $100 Million In 2015, Ubiquiti Networks disclosed that threat actors used spear phishing emails to impersonate executives and trick finance employees into wiring $46.7 million to overseas accounts. They eventually recovered some of it, but the damage was done. That wasn't

Carl B. Johnson Jan 19, 2020 7 min read