What is?
Cyber-criminals use phishing (a form of social engineering) to gather credentials and other information about you to either attack your accounts or service provider. A spear phish attack is a sophisticated attack in which the bad actor researches your institution (in this case IÉSEG) and uses that information to imitate their communications and trick you into providing sensitive information.
Tips:
How to detect a Phishing Email ?
- The sender of that email may not be legitimate
- Impersonal greetings should be a red flag
- That it is important to notice grammatical and stylistic errors
- It is important to check the link destination
- Emails demanding “immediate action” are probably scams
- Logos and trademarks look real does not mean they are legitimate