Q6Cyber Security Management
Question
2 marks
What is Phishing?
Answer
Phishing is a highly deceptive cyber-attack utilizing fraudulent communications to psychologically manipulate users into revealing critical credentials.
Phishing is an aggressive social engineering cyber-attack. Malicious actors algorithmically generate fraudulent emails, text messages, or spoofed websites that perfectly mimic legitimate, trusted organizations (like banks). The explicit objective is to psychologically manipulate the victim into voluntarily surrendering hyper-sensitive data, such as passwords, banking credentials, or secure encryption keys.