WHAT IS PHISHING? Phishing is a cyber crime that leverages deceptive emails, websites, and text messages to steal confidential personal and corporate information. Victims are tricked into giving up personal information such as their credit card data, phone number, mailing address, company information, etc. This information is then used by criminals to steal the victim’s
WHAT IS IDENTITY THEFT? Identity theft occurs when criminals steal a victim’s personal information to commit criminal acts. Using this stolen information, a criminal takes over the victim’s identity and conducts a range of fraudulent activities in their name. Cyber criminals commit identity theft by using sophisticated cyber attack tactics, including social engineering, phishing, and
What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is a manipulation technique used by cybercriminals to trick people into giving up confidential information. Social engineering relies on the basic human instinct of trust to steal personal and corporate information that can be used to commit further cybercrimes. For example, a cybercriminal might use social engineering to convince