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Recognize Spear Phishing

The takeaway

When an attack knows details about you, it's personal — and dangerous.

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Spear phishing uses real details about you, gathered from social media or breaches, to seem authentic. The presence of accurate personal information doesn't prove legitimacy — verify requests regardless of how much the sender seems to know.

“Knowing your details doesn't make them trustworthy.”

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