Phishing
August 25, 2006
More and more people are talking about Phishing. Nowadays you have to watch out whom you are dealing with. Phishers try to fraudulently get your private information, such as passwords and credit card details. Everyone could become a victim of these activities. Be aware, just be carefull with your private stuff.
Phishing is typically carried out using email or an instant message with a special designed email link. Phishers make those links in a way that it looks like they belong to the trusted organization. Other phishing scams use JavaScript commands in order to alter the address bar. Another popular method of phishing in which an attacker uses a bank or service’s own scripts against the victim is Cross-site scripting. The link to the website will then be used to carry out the attack. In some cases Phishers even reproduce a whole site on another server under control of the attacker.
Related links:
- Phishing
- Cross-site scripting
- How Phishing actually works
- Known Phishing Scams
