What is Spear Phishing?

Spear Phishing is a technique that cybercriminals use to try and trick people into giving up sensitive information. The information targeted via Phishing is wide-ranging.

Often the goal of Phishing attacks is to gather intelligence allowing further cyberattacks to be planned and undertaken, such as identity theft.

Spear Phishing attempts to use selected personal information and the reputation of an important individual, to make an email cyberattack seem more legitimate.