Clone Phishing
A phishing technique that copies a legitimate email a victim already received and replaces its links or attachments with malicious ones.
Clone phishing↗ is a technique in which an attacker copies a legitimate email that a victim has already received, replicating its formatting and sender details almost exactly, but replacing the original links or attachments with malicious ones. The email is often resent with a plausible excuse, such as claiming it's an updated version of the original.
Because the cloned email closely resembles something the recipient has already trusted and interacted with, it can be more convincing than a typical phishing↗ attempt. Verifying unexpected resends directly with the supposed sender, rather than clicking links in the email itself, helps catch this technique.