{"id":26164,"date":"2022-04-26T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/spear-phishing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:16:07","slug":"spear-phishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perseus.de\/en\/spear-phishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Spear phishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26164\" class=\"elementor elementor-26164 elementor-22513\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab3f18 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cab3f18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a02b8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a02b8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f80ded elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f80ded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Spear phishing<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d061a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d061a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Headerbild-Glossary-Page-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-25801\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Headerbild-Glossary-Page-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Headerbild-Glossary-Page-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Headerbild-Glossary-Page-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/perseus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Headerbild-Glossary-Page.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac57d1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac57d1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3caf02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3caf02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8f68d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e8f68d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"792\"><strong data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"187\">Spear phishing<\/strong> is a particularly perfidious and targeted form of phishing. In contrast to widely distributed mass emails, this method targets individuals within a company. Attackers carry out extensive research beforehand: they analyse the company&#8217;s communication style, corporate design and organizational structure. They specifically identify employees whose role provides access to sensitive information or financial resources and also collect personal data &#8211; such as interests, hobbies or professional backgrounds &#8211; via platforms such as LinkedIn, Xing or social networks.   <\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"1289\">The attackers use this information to create deceptively genuine, personalized messages &#8211; often seemingly in the name of superiors, colleagues or business partners. The aim is to gain the victim&#8217;s trust in order to persuade them to disclose confidential information, execute bank transfers or open malicious attachments or links. 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