{"id":5767,"date":"2021-08-30T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esferize.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2021-09-08T11:03:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T09:03:25","slug":"what-is-phishing-how-does-it-work-and-how-to-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esferize.com\/en\/what-is-phishing-how-does-it-work-and-how-to-protect-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"What is phishing, how does it work and how to protect yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout this post we will try to cover what phishing is, how it works and how you can protect yourself<\/strong> against these attacks.<\/p>\n

Phishing<\/strong> is one of the most common methods used by cybercriminals to scam and fraudulently obtain sensitive information. This can be a password or detailed information about the victim’s credit card or other banking information.<\/p>\n

The scammer, known as a phisher, uses social engineering techniques<\/strong> and poses as a trustworthy person or company in an apparent official electronic communication. Usually through an email or instant messaging system, social networks, SMS\/MMS, following malware or even using phone calls as well. There are different phishing attacks, such asl email spoofing y el spear phishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What kind of information does it steal and how is it distributed?<\/h3>\n

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Geolocation phishing<\/strong> is a technique used to allow or deny access to the fake website<\/strong> to users from a certain country, by means of the IP address or a proxy server. Any unauthorised access from another part of the world will not be able to access the phishing page. The aim is to make these attacks more effective<\/strong> by being more likely to reach the users of the original site.<\/p>\n

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How much could a cyberattacker get away with?<\/h3>\n

Now that we know what kind of information a phisher steals, by what means and what steps a phishing attack always follows, we ask ourselves… How much could he or she make?<\/p>\n

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Cyber-attacks are like a funnel. Imagine that:<\/p>\n