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Glossary: Network Attacks, Social Engineering and Indicators

phishing

Also written: mass phishing

A fake message, pretending to come from someone trusted, that tries to make the victim act. In the narrow sense it means the email version, such as the fake "Microsoft 365" storage alert sent to Jo and eleven others.

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