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whaling
  • kaalukate andmete õngitsemine ja/või petuskeem: - ründe ohvriks on „suur kala“ (tippjuht, poliitik, lavatäht) - petteteksti stiil arvestab ohvri rolli, olles näiteks ------ kliendi kaebus ------ kohtukutse ------ sisemine märgukiri
  • a phishing attack aimed at a high-worth individual such as a senior executive of a company
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whaling
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  • Whaling involves longitudinal, multifaceted, highly coordinated attacks on high-value, high-status individuals, relying on precise timing and intricate details of the whale.
  • Whaling differs from phishing and spear phishing in that each attack varies in its focus. While whaling focuses on specific targets of interest (e.g. a C-level executive of a bank), phishing targets a mass population of users (e.g. all Gmail users) and spear-phishing targets specific groups of individuals (e.g. all individuals in the accounting depart-ment of a financial institution).
whale phishing
Usage examples
  • Whale phishing, or whaling, is a form of spear phishing aimed at the very big fish — CEOs or other high-value targets.

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