CounterMeasures for PHISHING attack

Tuesday 7 June 2011


SOME ANTI TOOLS TO BE SAFE FORM BEING HACKED


Phishing ATTACKS ::  Phishing is an Internet scam where the user is convinced to give valuable information.
                     Phishing will redirect the user to a different website through emails, instant messages, spyware etc.

Process of phishing ::
  1.   The Process involves 
  2.   Registering a fake domain name 
  3.   Building a look alike website 
  4.   Sending emails to many users


Use ANTI Phishing Tools

               PhishTank SiteChecker :: It blocks the phishing pages
               NetCraft :: NetCraft tool alerts the user when connected to the phishing site
               TrustWatcher Toolbar :: TrustWatch performs a trusted search with built in search box.
               Spyware Doctor :: Spyware Doctor is an adware and spyware utility which identifies and clears many potential adware, trojans, keyloggers, spyware and other malware of the system.
               Email-Tag.com :: Email-Tag.com is used to protect the email accounts, protect the computer and hide the email address


FACEBOOK PHISHING PAGE ::


The FB Starter website duplicates the Facebook home page and is promoted by fake messages from your friends’ accounts that have already been hacked by the phishers.
This Facebook phishing attack is brought to you by the same bad guys who promoted fbaction.net and kromked.net. There will undoubtedly be more phishing attacks in the days and months ahead.



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