Spear phishing
Targeted attempt to gather personal information
Spear phishing is a very focused form of phishing in which a specific organisation or business is targeted, with tailored information being used to lend legitimacy and encourage trust.
Spear phishing often involves sending mails to addresses within a company, posing as someone who could be expected to contact that company and requesting information they may normally be expected to request. Such attacks are often used simply to harvest names and addresses of company members, for spamming or further spear-phishing motives, but may also be combined with other social engineering techniques to trick recipients into installing malware.
