{"id":9,"date":"2015-09-09T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2015-09-14T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T17:20:19","slug":"what-is-phishing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/what-is-phishing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Phishing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Phishing&#8221; is an attempt to acquire sensitive information from an individual by masquerading as a trusted entity. \u00a0The term refers to the specific content of an electronic communication which is the &#8220;bait&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different types of information that a sender may try to obtain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Usernames and passwords, to Vassar resources or external sites, such as banks<\/li>\n<li>Credit card information<\/li>\n<li>Social security number, driver&#8217;s license, or other identifying information<\/li>\n<li>Mailing address and phone number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The content of a phishing message could contain any of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A URL, or link, for a website that downloads and installs malware or viruses<\/li>\n<li>A URL, or link, for a website that asks a user to fill in sensitive information, as listed above<\/li>\n<li>An attachment in PDF, docx, or other common format that when downloaded will install malware or a virus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why is this different from spam?<\/h2>\n<p>Spam is an electronic communication specifically designed to draw people to a site that sells services. \u00a0It is a digital version of telemarketing. \u00a0Although spam can be annoying, there is usually no harmful content in the message. \u00a0Phishing is a direct attempt to obtain information, whereas spam is an attempt to draw people to a valid, if unsavory, online consumer\u00a0site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Phishing&#8221; is an attempt to acquire sensitive information from an individual by masquerading as a trusted entity. \u00a0The term refers to the specific content of an electronic communication which is the &#8220;bait&#8221;. There are many different types of information that a sender may try to obtain: Usernames and passwords, to Vassar resources or external sites, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/what-is-phishing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Phishing?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/catchoftheday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}