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Spear phishing

Security På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Targeted phishing at a specific person — research first, personalised content, much higher success than mass phishing.

Sources: LinkedIn, the company website, social media. "Hi Anna, here's the invoice we discussed at the conference" + malware attachment. Whaling = spear phishing against a CEO/CFO. Powered by AI: spear phishing now scales to mass production.

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