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Spear phishing

The act of sending an email that appears to come from a legitimate source, such as a bank, a company's internal IT department, an internal employee, or a business partner. While phishing uses mass email, spear phishing targets a very small number of recipients. The email sender information may be spoofed so the email appears to originate from a trusted source. Messages typically request username and password details, provide a link to a website where visitors can enter personal information, or have an attachment containing a virus, Trojan, or spyware.

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