1.1.3 Cybersecurity Email and Social Media

Irrelevant or inappropriate messaging sent through email to a large number of recipients; also known as junk mail.

• spam

• phishing

• phisher

• malware

Practice of sending fraudulent emails that appear to be from legitimate companies with the intent to induce people to share sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

• spam

• phishing

• phisher

• email source

The person sending the phishing attempts.

• spam

• phishing

• phisher

• email source

The email address from which the email was sent.

• top-level domain

• phishing

• email source

• spam

The last segment of a web address; it follows immediately after the last "dot" symbol (.com, .net, .org, .gov)

• spam

• phishing

• top-level domain

• email source

Software that is intended to do harm or damage.

• spam

• email source

• malware

• top-level domain

A broad category for techniques that aim to psychologically manipulate a person's trust to gain access to data or computing resources, usually by being tricked into clicking on a link, opening a file, or answering a question.

• spam

• email source

• malware

• social engineering