internet phishing
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Internet PhishingNot the kind of Fishing you are used to
Realised by
JRA Charaf
Ecole Nationale des Sciences Appliquées – Safi
2012 – RefreshMyMind.Com
Plan:
What’s Phishing ?1
How to protect yourself ?2
Phishing procedure3
Phishing examples4
Phishing Definition
A criminal activity using social engineering techniques (a collection of techniques used to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information).
Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
Phishing
It often involves receiving an email from a trusted company, such as eBay, PayPal, the government or your bank.
This email may list unauthorized charges, shipments or bills
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Phishing
Often phishers will use your name, address and phone number to make their correspondence appear legitimate. The attackers can get your information from the following sources:
Unfortunately, many companies will sell your private information.
Private data can be stolen by hackers
How To Protect Yourself ?
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Contacting the company, for subject of the email
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Verifying information in the email
2
Bypassing the link of the suspected phishing message
How To Protect Yourself ?
4
Using SPAM filters
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Implementing some extensions to the browser
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Implementing Anti-phishing measures to browsers
Phishing procedure
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Scams Mailing-Lists Phishing e-mails
Example of scams
Phishing Example
Mailing lists:
Phishing ExamplePhisher has used an image to make it harder for anti-phishing filters to detect by scanning for text commonly used in phishing emails.
Phishing Example
What do Moroccan phishers buy from internet?
