Phishing (pronounced "fishing") is a type of online identity theft. It uses email and fraudulent websites that are designed to steal your personal data or information such as credit card numbers, passwords, account data, or other information.
Google defines phishing as an attack that takes place when someone masquerades as someone else to trick you into sharing personal or other sensitive information with them, usually through a fake website.
Phishing Technique
Phishing attack mainly takes place in two stages:
