{"id":8508,"date":"2026-01-23T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/?page_id=8508"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:52:04","slug":"wat-is-whaling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-whaling\/","title":{"rendered":"Wat is whaling?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section section none none none\" style=\"padding-top: px; padding-bottom: px\">\n    <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"500\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Definition of whaling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whaling is a targeted cyberattack aimed at senior executives or decision makers. Attackers use tailored messages, authority, and urgency to manipulate high-level targets into taking risky actions such as approving payments or sharing sensitive data.<\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section section none none none\" style=\"padding-top: px; padding-bottom: px\">\n    <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-duration=\"500\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related terms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-cybersecurity-gedrag\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4958\">What is cybersecurity behavior?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-cybersecuritycultuur\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4956\">What is cybersecurity culture?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-cybersecurity-leidership\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4954\">What is cybersecurity leadership?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-gamified-cybersecurity-learning\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4976\">What is gamified cybersecurity learning?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-cybersecurity-e-learning\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminology\/what-is-cybersecurity-e-learning\/\">What is cybersecurity e-learning?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-cybersecurity-entertainment\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4972\">What is cybersecurity entertainment?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-zijn-deepfakes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4848\">What are deepfakes?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-phishing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4846\">What is phishing?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phantomslab.io\/nl\/cybersecurity-awareness\/terminologie\/wat-is-social-engineering\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4841\">What is social engineering?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Start with a definition. 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