What is the term for a type of social engineering attack where an attacker sends a fraudulent message designed to trick a person into revealing sensitive information to the attacker?
Phishing is a form of social engineering where attackers send fraudulent messages that appear to be from reputable sources to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or other personal details. While vishing and smishing are related tactics, they are specific to voice calls and SMS respectively; spoofing is a broader term that can involve impersonating something other than just an email sender.
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