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Spoofing is a cybercrime that involves someone pretending to be a trusted contact or brand to gain access to sensitive personal information. While phishing involves sending messages with links designed to get a user to click and share information, spoofing takes the scam to another level. Spoofing involves disguising a malicious website, text, or other network entrypoint as a legitimate, well-known brand with the aim of tricking people into voluntarily giving up sensitive information. 

As organizations and individuals around the globe shift their business and communication online, cybersecurity experts are constantly fighting against a growing number of threats. One of these threats, the zero-day attack, is on the rise and is particularly dangerous.    

You're reading an article by two of Ironhack's awesome Cybersecurity bootcamp students, Mag Mach and Carlos Ruiz de la Prada Garrigues, under the supervision of our Lead Instructor, Daute Delgado. If you want to join the ranks, check out Ironhack's Cybersecurity bootcamps!

If you’re reading this, you’re probably already considering doing a tech bootcamp. Tech ranks at the top of both the fastest growing sectors AND the best paid ones, so it makes total sense that you would consider starting a career in it, or pivoting from your current job. Or not, because turning your entire life upside down sounds absolutely terrifying! So many things could go wrong! But would they, though?

In the tech world, freelancing is more normal than you might think. Some startups in the technology sector are financed by major banks or businesses, but a lot of them are a little more scrappy. When starting out with a new idea and new technology, getting backing from big finance isn’t always easy, but businesses still need top talent to achieve that financing and grow. 

You’ve done it! You’ve been hired for your new job in tech and, if this is the first time you work in the industry, you might not be sure what to expect on your first day. And it’s natural to have butterflies in your stomach: you probably feel afraid, excited, maybe a tad of imposter syndrome… after all, you’re heading into the unknown!