Phishing and Spear Phishing — Roadmap Step & Resources
Crafting and recognizing deceptive emails designed to steal credentials or deliver malware
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker
Before this step
Study resources
- What Is Phishing? (Article) — The official US CISA guidance on recognizing and avoiding phishing attacks.
- Phishing Explained (Video) — A practical explanation of how phishing and spear phishing attacks work.
- Social Engineering Attacks Explained: Phishing, Vishing & Tailgating (Video) — A CompTIA Security+ aligned explanation covering phishing, vishing and tailgating in one lesson.
Part of
- Social Engineering and Physical Security — section
- Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker roadmap — the full learning path