{"id":16634,"date":"2023-11-03T11:17:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/?p=16634"},"modified":"2024-07-29T14:34:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:34:10","slug":"types-of-phishing-attacks-you-need-to-know-to-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/2023\/11\/types-of-phishing-attacks-you-need-to-know-to-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Types of phishing attacks you need to know to stay safe [:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Phishing has evolved from a single technique into many highly specialised tactics, each adapted to specific types of targets and technologies. First described in 1987, phishing is now carried out via text, phone, advertising, and\u2014of course\u2014email.<\/p>\n

Boiled down, all these tactics exist for the same purpose\u2014to swipe confidential information from an unsuspecting target in order to
\nextract something of value. But knowing about the hugely diverse set of today\u2019s phishing tactics can help ordinary people, home and
\nbusiness internet users alike, to be more prepared for the inevitable instance when they become the target.<\/p>\n

In this PDF we share 11 common phishing tactics you should know…<\/p>\n

Types of phishing attacks<\/a><\/p>\n

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[:en] Phishing has evolved from a single technique into many highly specialised tactics, each adapted to specific types of targets and technologies. First described in 1987, phishing is now carried out via text, phone, advertising, and\u2014of course\u2014email. Boiled down, all these tactics exist for the same purpose\u2014to swipe confidential information from an unsuspecting target in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3256,20381,29187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-phishing","category-security-2"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-05 13:31:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16634"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16652,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16634\/revisions\/16652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}