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Question 4

What methods do phishing and spoofing scammers use? List and explain methods to protect
against phishing and spoofing scams. (10 marks​

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Step-by-step explanation:

There are various methods of phishing and spoofing scammers use, some of which are:

Phishing:

1. Descriptive phishing: here the scammer use fake email to pretend to be a genuine company and steal people's vital details

2. Spear Phishing: here the scammer creates an email that appears there is a connection on the potential victim

3. CEO Fraud: here the scammer target CEO of a company, thereby if successful can fraudulently attack the company due to his access.

Other phishing attacks are vishing, smishing, and pharming, etc.

Spoofing:

1. Email spoofing: here the attacker sends an email through a fake email address to get personal details of a potential victim

2. Caller ID Spoofing: here the attacker makes it appear that he is one specific person, but he is not in the real sense.

3. GPS Spoofing: here the attacker makes it appear he is in a specific location, whereas, he is not.

Others include website spoofing, text message spoofing, Io spoofing etc.

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