19 Most Common Types of Phishing Attacks in 2026 | UpGuard

### Executive Summary This document is a comprehensive phishing primer that catalogs numerous phishing variants—such as email phishing, spear phishing, whaling, business email compromise (BEC), vishing, smishing, HTTPS phishing, clone phishing, DNS spoofing, MITM, watering hole, evil twin, and others—describing how each operates, common indicators to detect them, and basic mitigation and user-awareness recommendations.