"Dear you,
It appears you need to update your information. Click here to tell us all your secrets.
No really, it’s totally safe. We’re not going to steal your identity, we swear."
If only phishing attempts were that obvious.
Modern-day phishing campaigns use stealthy techniques to target people online and trick them into believing their messages are legitimate. Yet for all its sophistication, phishing relies on one thing: trust. Detecting a phish, in its various forms, then requires you to hone a healthy level of skepticism when receiving any kind of digital communication, be it email, text, or even social media message. In order to understand how we got here, let’s go back to the first instance of phishing.
