The phishing attack is one of the most frequently
occurring
attacks on the internet. Although there are many variants,
we
have to gather information that lets us know what they
are and
how to take certain basic safety rules to help us protect
ourselves from them.
One of the most common techniques of phishing is the
ability
of an attacker to duplicate a website to make it look
through
deception (social engineering) that is changing the
original site
to a fake Web page hosted on a server controlled by him.
After
created this fake site on the Internet, the hacker begins
sending
mass of emails to countless email ids, especially to some
transaction websites like banking,
shopping,patnership,job,
online etc. to
perform certain changes in your personal information.
Once the user accesses the account through that link in
the
email and entered his personal details like password and
login
to his account, the hacker takes over the whole personal
data of
that person. The information normally obtained through
this
type of attacks are user name, passwords, credit card,
passwords, and other personal data that you kept
secrete!
To improve protection against these types of phishing
attacks, it
is important to follow these tips.»»»
1. Never respond to the requests for personal information
via
email.
2. Install and always update your antivirus software and
firewalls.
3. Keep your operating system updated.
4. Manage an e-mail system with anti-spam features
directly
from the server to delete spam.
5. After receiving a mail with an attachment do not run it
without scanning with antivirus.
6. Note that it is much safer to type the URL directly
instead
of accessing it through a link.
7. Be careful with those entities that exchange sensitive
information and have no certification of authentication.
8. Notify your bank or whatever enterprise if as soon as
possible if you get attacked and lost everything from your
hand!
9. Use common sense; it is the most effective protection
against any security attack more than all Antivirus and
Firewalls.
10.If U Get Any Messages That Lead You To An
Unknown Page.
Immediately Change Your Password.
So always be careful about these types of attacks.
Internet
provides us a lot of facilities but majority of them are
fake and
spam. So always secure yourself in this cyber world.
You don't insert your basic information anyhow on
website you
know nothing about. Always be Conscious Of Your self-respect........ And always visit http://amebocity.com tech section for more tips