Phishing Types
1. Email phishing
Email phishing is a common technique used by cybercriminals and tries to trick any recipient into revealing the sensitive information upon clicking on malicious links.
We may receive a suspicious email having a personalized message giving any discount offer or may contain suspicious attachments, or links that redirect to unknown websites and may end up giving any personal or financial information and hence may have to be extremely careful to do not interact any such attempt.
2. Text Messages (Smishing)
Smishing also involve attempts such as sending fraudulent and spam text messages to trick and fool people and usually done to get access to unauthorized sensitive and personal information.
We can receive a text message asking for taking action to do KYC for completing the bank mandate or getting unbelievable offers and hence need to be very careful and try to avoid responding to such attempts.
3. Phone Call Phishing (vishing)
Vishing is a type of phishing is done by phone calls and are often done to trick any victims into doing any financial transaction for getting any free credit card or similar attempts.
We may also receive an unsolicited call asking for verification of any personal data or any kind of offer related to dubious services and so we need to be alert and do not disclose any such details.
4. Phishing on Social Media
Social media phishing attacks are very common and can also occur through by any of the social media platforms(face book, twitter and so on), where any fraudsters remain active as legitimate personal and sends malicious links via public posts or messages.
How to Report Different Kinds of Phishing?
Phishing is a major and vital issue with the aim of data stealing and security breaches in the network and is mostly used for targeting individuals, businesses, and organizations worldwide to get access to sensitive and touchy information.
Phishing detection and reporting are very useful and must be followed to stay protected against cybercrime and fraud.
Phishing can be categorized into different types, such as email phishing, smishing or text message phishing, vishing or phone call phishing, and social media phishing.