Wednesday, 7 January 2015

phishing attack

phishing attack

                                PHISHING ATTACK  

Phishing is the attempt to           acquire sensitive information by sending the           fake pages to the users.These pages looks exactly the real ones but responds in a different manner.They may ask for the user details like username,password,bank related informations and if entered by the user then all the informations are send to that Hacker. Other than that , phishing emails may contain link to harmful viruses which could crass the system . Mainly phishing travels through bulk emails,popups,spoofing etc.
   HOW TO BE SAFE.. Their are various ways to keep your self safe from phishing attack but only 5 steps can keep you away from this.
 1.  Never click on any unknown email , website or pop-ups.
 2.  Keep your Antivirus up-to-date.
 3.  Activate add-blocker.
 4. Make a habit of browsing in incognito mode.
     incognito browsing can be activated by  ctrl+shift+N (google crome)   clrl+shift+p (firefox).
 5. Enter URL in the url-bar inspire of visiting the website through any unknown          link your webpage.

 *****enjoy safe browsing*****

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