Phishing: Examples and its prevention methods

Nowadays, Internet brings us a lots of convenience, especially buying online products, making online transactions, etc. We do not need to drive out anymore to spend our car fuel and energy. However, everything is not perfect. Knife can made out a good dishes, but also misuse to kill somebody. What i going to discuss now, is PHISHING.

Phishing is a process of luring users to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, password and credit card details by putting on a deceptive appearance as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. It is usually carried out by sending an e-mail and the e-mail will direct the user to visit a Website where they are asked to update personal information, such as passwords and credit card, social security, and bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The Web site, however, is fake whose look and feel alike, is a set up only to steal the user's information.

Example of Phishing methods















Sometimes, the phisher will use another tricks to cheat by sending e-mail with promotion package, discount affair, low price to bait so that we might give out our personal information in order to 'buy' these products & services. Human being easily be tempted when come to financial benefits. What we have to do is, THINK CAREFULLY before we made a decision.

There are several simple actions and reminders to tackle and avoid those phishing acts:-

1. Be suspicious of any email with urgent requests for personal financial information.(they typically ask for the personal informations such as username, password, credit card numbers, etc.)
   
   
   
   
2. Don't use the links in an email, instant message, or chat to get to any web page if you suspect the message might not be authentic or you don't know the sender or user.


3. Avoid filling out forms in email messages that ask for personal financial information.


4. Always ensure that you're using a secure website when submitting credit card or other sensitive information via your Web browser.


5. Remember not all scam sites will try to show the "https://" and/or the security lock. Get in the habit of looking at the address line, too.





6. Consider installing a Web browser tool bar to help protect you from known fraudulent websites. These toolbars match where you are going with lists of known phisher Web sites and will alert you.



7. Always update your web browser to latest version. Latest version usually come with stronger phishing filter and other features. Beside that, ensure that the phishing filter always activated.



8. Regularly log into your online accounts. (Don't leave your account too long to login and check, one week once is enough.)