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Phishing impersonates a trusted party to lure you to a fake login page and steal credentials or data (or run malware). It targets human judgment rather than a software flaw, and is the number-one entry route for ransomware and breaches. Modern adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing relays even one-time codes to the real site in real time, so SMS/app MFA can be defeated. The sure defense isn't 'spotting it' but mechanisms: domain-bound phishing-resistant MFA (passkeys/security keys), going to the official site directly instead of clicking links, and email authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC).