Spear phishing

A particular type of phishing carried out by sending fraudulent
e-mails to a specific organisation or person. The purpose of these attacks is typically to gain access to confidential financial information or to industrial, state, or
military secrets.

SOURCE: The future of Cybersecurity in Italy: Strategic focus areas Projects and Actions to better defend our country from cyber attacks Laboratorio Nazionale di Cybersecurity CINI - Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l’Informatica