All You Need To Know About Spear Phishing

Shifa Chouhan, Head of Research and Publication & BA LLB, D.Y. Patil Deemed to be University School of Law

ABSTRACT

In this research paper, I explain the concept of spear phishing which one needs to know and how to protect oneself from these online scamming attacks. It has relatively been extremely easy for the hackers to hack and steal information from an individual’s device through their mail box. In the 21st century where technology has improvised our way of living and advanced our skills by making it easier for us to be able to gather information and carry out work in a more effective and organized manner, but with the pros of the technology are attached cons which we are indirectly not aware off. One such cons of technology is spear phishing which is an online hacking and scamming to steal data from an individual.