When people hear the word “hacking”, some may picture nefarious actions
orchestrated by a person sitting alone in their room pounding away at their
keyboard to gain access to some government programs or some major
corporation, to disrupt or find information on the victims’ database. That isn’t the
case these days. Sometimes it’s as simple as reviewing a potential victim’s social
media and sending a corrupted email.
In the article by Sarah Jeong (Jeong, 2017), she brings to light the almost
elementary level hack called “Spearphishing”. She goes to explain that
spearphishing is part social engineering and the most dangerous. There are ways
