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Sunday 16 December 2012

What is phishing? And ‎8 Ways To Avoid Phishing Scams

What is phishing?



Phishing is technique through which we can hack account of any website. It is just a copy of the
website and you send it to your victim and when he/she login his/her password will be stored in
your password website file. For Example you want to hack someone's facebook account then
you first of all you need a Facebook phishing page (this is just like facebook login page) and
upload it to your website and send it to victim when he/she login with his/her account then his/
her password and email address will be sent to your email or save to your website password file.


‎8 Ways To Avoid Phishing Scams
To help you protect yourself from
phishing, we offer the following
tips:
1. Guard against spam. Be
especially cautious of emails
that:
* Come from unrecognized
senders.
* Ask you to confirm personal
or financial information over
the Internet and/or make
urgent requests for this
information.
* Aren’t personalized.
* Try to upset you into acting
quickly by threatening you with
frightening information.
2. Communicate personal
information only via phone or
secure web sites . In fact:
When conducting online
transactions, look for a sign
that the site is secure such as a
lock icon on the browser’s
status bar or a “https:” URL
whereby the “s” stands for
“secure” rather than a “http:”.
Also, beware of phone phishing
schemes. Do not divulge
personal information over the
phone unless you initiate the
call. Be cautious of emails that
ask you to call a phone number
to update your account
information as well.
3. Do not click on links,
download files or open
attachments in emails from
unknown senders . It is best to
open attachments only when
you are expecting them and
know what they contain, even if
you know the sender.
4. Never email personal or
financial information, even if
you are close with the
recipient . You never know who
may gain access to your email
account, or to the person’s
account to whom you are
emailing.
5. Beware of links in emails
that ask for personal
information , even if the email
appears to come from an
enterprise you do business
with. Phishing web sites often
copy the entire look of a
legitimate web site, making it
appear authentic. To be safe,
call the legitimate enterprise
first to see if they really sent
that email to you. After all,
businesses should not request
personal information to be sent
via email.
6. Beware of pop-ups and
follow these tips:
* Never enter personal
information in a pop-up
screen.
* Do not click on links in a
pop-up screen.
* Do not copy web addresses
into your browser from pop-
ups.
* Legitimate enterprises should
never ask you to submit
personal information in pop-up
screens, so don’t do it.
7. Protect your computer
with a firewall, spam filters,
anti-virus and anti-spyware
software . Do some research to
ensure you are getting the most
up-to-date software, and
update them all regularly to
ensure that you are blocking
from new viruses and spyware.
8. Check your online
accounts and bank
statements regularly to
ensure that no unauthorized
transactions have been made.
You should always be careful

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