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Phishing

= Name of threat : phishing= What is phishing? The act of sending an e-mail  to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. History phishing ====The word “phishing” originally came from the analogy of early Internet criminals using email lures to “fish” for passwords and financial data from a large sea of unsuspecting Internet users. Although such scams originated sometime around the year 1995, they did not become commonly known by everyday people until nearly ten years later. ====  Impact of phishing It can be used to steal information, disrupt computer operations, steal money, ruin reputations, destroy important information or feed the ego of an attacker. A new technique referred to as "spear Phishing", businesses are now getting targeted as customers of specific banking and financial organisations.

How to recognize phishing emails
 * They might appear to come from a website you usually use, like Facebook or Microsoft.
 * They could come from someone in your email contacts list.
 * They could tell you to ring a phone number where they will ask you for your card number.
 * They could use professional pictures or take information from your social network site.
 * They might have links to spoof pages.

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references:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing
 * http://www.securelist.com/en/threats/spam?chapter=85

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