1. Describe how a phishing attack works. Explain the role of the spam email, domain name, and website in the phishing attack. Phishing attacks typically rely on social networking techniques applied to email or other electronic communication methods. Some methods include direct messages sent over social networks and SMS text messages. Spam email is a way that phishing attacks occur because these type of phishing attacks is simple and can be sent out to multiple people over a short period of time. In some of the emails that are sent, may include links to get you to click on to get you to a specific website.