Phishing is THEFT in the term coined by hackers who imitate legitimate in criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire the victim or user for sensitive information through an email such as username, passwords, credit card details, social security number and account number by masquerade as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging for user, victim and 3rd party to enter their details to a false website whose look and feel that it was not a false website or it looks similar to the original website. A phishing technique was described in detail in 1987, and the first recorded use of the term "phishing" was made in 1996.The following are a few examples of phishing identified:
Firstly, Bank Phishing scam: Scammer sends out phishing that uses it to attack the bank industry by acting in the interests of safety and integrity for the online banking in instructing users to visit a false website and enter their sensitive information such as financial details (e.g. credit card).
Secondly, eBay phishing scam. This eBay phishing email show that the website was very true and it’s also includes the eBay logo in an attempt to gain credibility from users. The email warns that a billing error may have been made on the account and urges the eBay member to login for updated and verify if there are any change.
Thirdly, is the PayPal phishing scam: tries to trick the users that there was an error happen and ask the user to cooperate with them to complete the request if not there will take action to suspend the account for temporary. The request is via the link provided where the link is clicking the user will bring to the attacker’s website.
The best way to protect you from phishing is to learn how to recognize a phish. How to spot phishing or protect yourself from phishing:
1) Do not click on embedded link or reply if you receives an unexpected e-mail that requires you to give your updated information details, personal information and confidential information. Instead of clicking the link, try manually by typing the address in the URL bar to log directly to the website’s home page for save.
2) Protect your computer with spam filters, antivirus and antispyware software, and a firewall before they search your computer for personal sensitive information and pass this information to perpetrator.
1) Do not click on embedded link or reply if you receives an unexpected e-mail that requires you to give your updated information details, personal information and confidential information. Instead of clicking the link, try manually by typing the address in the URL bar to log directly to the website’s home page for save.
2) Protect your computer with spam filters, antivirus and antispyware software, and a firewall before they search your computer for personal sensitive information and pass this information to perpetrator.
3) Use anti-phishing toolbar for helped us to compare the address you are going to access and the address toolbar gave you by seeing whether the details is match.
If it doesn’t meet the website will doubt immediately.
4) Always ensure that you are using a secure website. Check the web address in URL address bar before you are entering the sensitive information or submitting credit card via your Web Browser.
5) Other methods is setting a strong password and must change it frequently, monitoring your transaction, do transaction only with the companies that you can trust and lastly is to check your bank for credit and debit card to make sure that all transaction is legitimate.
In a nutshell, fault rate on the internet is increasing so I would like to give users advice that if you are not sure about the information, contact the company through an address or telephone number you know to be a genuine one.
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2 comments:
Hackers and scammers are everywhere. Countless of fraud cases had been reported. As a result, my parents do not encourage me to purchase anything via internet. However, I think the info you gave on "how to spot phishing or protect yourself from phishing" is very useful. At least can mitigate the risk of phishing.
Thank for showing me this phishing picture and now i know how a phishing e mail looks like.It was useful for me to aware of it.
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