PHISHING - YOU MIGHT BE THE NEXT VICTIM..

EVERYBODY MUST HAVE READ THE TERM "PHISHING" ISN'T IT??? BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT CYBER EXPERTS CALL IT AS OR HOW A USER IS CHEATED WITH PHISHING OR WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES USED AND FOR MANY MORE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT..HERE IS AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF INFORMATION ABOUT PHISHING.

WHAT IS PHISHING??

Phishing means fraudulently acquiring personal information of a user
Phishing is usually performed by getting the personal information of a user using online banking and then making wrong use of it

HOW IT IS CARRIED OUT??

In a classical Phishing attack the Phisher sends the user a spam email naming it to be from the trusted organization to verify his\her account The email also contains statements like ‘legal actions threatened’ or ‘closure of account may occur’

Such emails also usually contain links which need to be clicked When the user clicks on the link the sensitive information is provided to the phisher The personal Information is then used by the phisher for any bad deeds

Here are a few phrases a phisher uses

“verify your account”
Businesses should not ask you to send passwords, login names, Social Security numbers, or other personal information through e-mail

"If you don't respond within 48 hours, your account will be closed".These messages convey a sense of urgency so that you'll respond immediately without thinking. Phishing e-mail might even claim that your response is required because your account might have been compromised.

“Click on the below link to access your account”
these sort of links are usually masked links they might have names similar to the link of the organization but they point to a wrong destination
the masking can be seen when u bring the cursor near the link

A phisher may also use con artisted URLs such as the following are used instead of

http://www.microsoft.com/

http://www.micosoft.com/

http://www.mircosoft.com/

http://www.verify-microsoft.com/

HOW PHISHING MAY AFFECT YOU ?? (To Be Continued..)

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