InfoSecWOTD#17 Catfishing ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸŽฃ

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#catfishing ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸŽฃ

Catfishing and phishing has a lot of similarities. It is a form of social engineering attack where an individual aka the catfish, sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site such as LinkedIn for fraudulent or deceptive purposes.

You can apply very similar strategies to avoid becoming a victim of a catfishing attack.

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