Spear Phishing … ilters have less to catch — the message is clean, targeted, without the usual spam patterns. The weight therefore falls on the person and on the process: checki …

Watering Hole Attack … nal group is used to deliver malware unnoticed to targeted visitors.

Whaling Whaling is targeted phishing aimed at senior management, owners, directors and people who can approve large decisions. The target is not chosen by chance. The a …

Password spraying … obody changed — and the whole list of accounts is targeted. The list of usernames is easy to assemble from public sources, and it usually comes down to one patt …

Phishing … and is easy to recognize by its generic greeting; targeted phishing (spear phishing) is cut to fit the victim and is far more dangerous.

SIM Swapping A targeted executive: the number moves to the attacker's card, the mail reset codes are intercepted, the account is taken.