Phishing

= = == Phishing   Watch this video for a better understanding of what phishing is, and why it is a major threat :   --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8lWLwuiDwk  <--


 * ==Why do people Phish? == ||
 * * One reason for phishing is to gain access to another person's bank account or other accounts and profiles such as Facebook and Twitter.
 * This can be by an official looking email or text or a replica of a login page (examples below) and may include made-up reasons why you should renew your account with say, a particular bank. These will encourage you to enter your details onto a fake site so the criminals can take them and use them... ||

An Example of Phishing
example of phishing and there are some excellent points displayed here including:  > what happened  > How it was recognised  > What you should check for when you receive a suspicious email. || media type="custom" key="22518780" width="348" height="1.5; height: 348" || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">So, when you get an email <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">that you're not sure about - like the one in the video, you should always make sure that you check where the email has come from. As you saw in the video,the email address started with 'do not reply' <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">which is a big indicator of a phishing site, because if it was actually Google sending the email, they wouldn't put that; that is their way of communicating with the customer: you! ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">This is a real life

> Phishing site will give out their personal data without > realising. > every year, which means $2.5M-$9.5M annual loss in. > average, by around 16 Phishing websites per week. > per year for each brand and business. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Phishing scams originated in around 1995, but they were not <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">well known attacks until at least ten years later. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">The 'ph' in phishing comes from a term used for early hackers, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">known as 'phreaks'. As the two crimes are heavily linked the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">name fishing for information became known as phishing. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">In 2001 hackers turned became more focused on online pay <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">systems, like on Ebay. More faked sites were being used to <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">lure people into 'updating their credit card information' when <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">they were actually giving away the personal data. || <span style="color: #07b6b6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">References: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/how-many-people-fall-victim-to-phishing-attacks/5084 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">http://www.phishing.org/history-of-phishing/
 * <span style="color: #07b6b6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">Statistics for Phishing Sites || <span style="color: #07b6b6; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">History of Phishing  ||
 * * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">45% of bank customers who are redirected to a fake
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">0.47% of bank customers are the victim Phishing attacks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Each financial business, mainly banks are targeted, on
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This means that there are roughly 832 Phishing attacks