Definitions

Bulk phishing attempts frequently rely on static, long-term structures to capture as many pieces of...

Tabnabbing changes a legitimate page you were visiting, to a fraudulent page, once you visit...

Spear phishing targeting a high-p­rofile person, such as an important executive from a tech company.

In spear phishing, a criminal specifically targets an individual or an organization

When the scam uses text messaging rather than a phone call or email, the scam...

Vishing is very similar to phishing, but scammers use telephone calls (either live or pre-recorded...

Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to extract money, obtain sensitive information such as phone numbers,...

A logic bomb is a type of malicious software that is appended to an application...

A stealth virus uses various mechanisms to avoid detection by antivirus software. Generally, stealth describes...

Worms differ from viruses in that they do not attach to a host file, but...