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From high-profile nation-state actors to average internet criminals, Phishing has become an important tool in the toolsets of malicious actors. Here is an interesting statistic. According to cybersecurity firm Cofense(formerly FishMe) report from 2016, 91% off all cybersecurity breaches and attacks start with a Phish. All of this is only further exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis that massively increased everyone's exposure to the threat of Phishing. A brief look at the History of fishing starts with America Online(AOL) the biggest internet provider in the USA at that time in the late 90s. Where AOL's instant messenger and email systems were used to distribute fake phishing emails that prompted users to "confirm" their billing information. Further developments didn't come until the early 2000s where the introduction of internet marketplaces like eBay and online payment platforms such as PayPal and now-defunct E-Gold made phishing scams more lucrative. Perhaps the