Re: Spear Phishing (was: [spf-discuss] SPF, DKIM, and NIH)

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Steven Dorst wrote:

> Spear Phishing? That's a new term for me. How is that different from
> Phishing?
Spear Phishing is aimed at a small number of high value targets,
e.g. employees of a particular bank, and is backed by research to make
the bait more authentic looking for that target.  

General phishing targets any fool anywhere in the world.

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