Editing Internet security (section)

===Phishing===
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Phishing targets online users in an attempt to extract sensitive information such as passwords and financial information.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Izak|first1=Belarua|title=Welke virusscanners zijn het beste voor macOS High Sierra|url=https://virusscannermac.nl/beste-virusscanner-voor-mac/|website=Virusscanner MAC|access-date=4 January 2018|language=nl-NL}}</ref> Phishing occurs when the attacker pretends to be a trustworthy entity, either via email or a web page. Victims are directed to web pages that appear to be legitimate, but instead route information to the attackers. Tactics such as [[email spoofing]] attempt to make emails appear to be from legitimate senders, or long complex [[URL]]s hide the actual website.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ramzan, Zulfikar |chapter=Phishing attacks and countermeasures |editor1=Stamp, Mark |editor2=Stavroulakis, Peter |title=Handbook of Information and Communication Security |publisher=Springer |year=2010 |isbn=978-3-642-04117-4 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-9P1EkTkigC&pg=PA433}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=van der Merwe|first1=Alta|last2=Loock|first2=Marianne|last3=Dabrowski|first3=Marek|title=Characteristics and Responsibilities Involved in a Phishing Attack|journal=Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies|date=2005|pages=249–254|url=https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1071800|access-date=4 January 2018|publisher=Trinity College Dublin|isbn=978-1-59593-169-6 }}</ref> Insurance group [[RSA Insurance Group|RSA]] claimed that phishing accounted for worldwide losses of $10.8 billion in 2016.<ref name="First_Post">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsa.com/en-us/blog/2017-02/fraud-insights-integration|title=Fraud Insights Through Integration|last=Long|first=Mathew|date=February 22, 2017|publisher=RSA|access-date=October 20, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140826/https://www.rsa.com/en-us/blog/2017-02/fraud-insights-integration}}</ref>