A phishing attack is a trick e-mail sent randomly to perhaps a million recipients, and the thief counts on the numbers game aspect: Out of any given huge number of people, a significant percentage will fall for the trick.
The trick is that the e-mail contains certain information or is worded in such a way as to get the recipient to click on the link in the message. Clicking on the link brings the user to a website that then downloads malware….
