Week 8 - Phishing

Question 1

What is phishing?

Answer 1

attacker tries to get sensitive information, by gaslighting someone into thinking your legit

Question 2

How to mitigate the risk of phishing attacks?

Answer 2

• raising awareness through employee training
• using email filtering systems
• conducting penetration testing to simulate phishing attacks and identify vulnerable employees.

Question 3

How do phishing attacks work?

Answer 3

often using emails with links to fake websites or download malicious software. These links look legit, which can trick the victim

Question 4

what is pear phishing?

Answer 4

attacker targets specific individual or company with personalized emails to make it look more legit

Question 5

What social engineering techniques are commonly used in phishing attacks?

Answer 5

leveraging authority, impersonation, creating pressure, offering solutions, and creating a pretext to manipulate the victim