# What is phishing? Everything you need to know to protect against scam emails – and worse

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/what-is-phishing-everything-you-need-to-know-to-protect-against-scam-emails-and-worse/
- Published: 2023-01-20T09:30:18-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Getty / Brothers91. Article by Danny Palmer. ZDNet – January 17, 2023. Find all you need to know about phishing in this guide, including how to protect yourself from one of the most common – and most effective – forms of cyberattack. What is phishing? Often carried out over email — although the scam has now spread beyond suspicious emails to phone calls (so-called ‘vishing’), social media, SMS messaging services (aka ‘smishing’), and apps — a basic phishing attack attempts to trick the target into doing what the scammer wants. […] Click here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com