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Social engineering is a manipulation technique that tricks users into making security mistakes or providing sensitive information. Phishing is a form of social engineering and is one of the popular social engineering attacks. Attackers typically gain access to such sensitive information via email, social media, phone calls or any other form of communication where they can steal valuable data. There are different ways to avoid each type of phishing attack as described below. We'll go over 3 of the most common phishing attacks and go over best practices on how to protect yourself against them.