Phishing is an attempt to gather sensitive information criminally and fraudulently, such as credit card details, usernames and passwords from recipients. Genarally, phishing is carried out by e-mails and instant messaging. Popular websites like PayPal, eBay and etc are common targets.It often directs users to a fake website which looks like very much alike to the original one.
Examples
Tax Refund Phishing
Public Bank Phishing
Ambank Phishing
Yahoo Phishing
Preventions
Password Protection
Password Protection
Learn to use several passwords instead of just one. If a phisher gains access to your blogging account and get ahold of your e-mail address, if you have different passwords between your blog account and your e-mail account, he cannot access your more sensitive account with your blog account password simply because the phisher knows the wrong password to the right account.
Browsers
Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9.1 somehow implements their own anti-phishing programs as the toolbar versions do: IE7 uses a measure developed by an independent testing company; Firefox 2.0 uses Google’s anti-phishing software; and Opera 9.1 uses an array of phishing websites as checklist whether the visited website is a spoof or not. Other than just keeping anti-phishing toolbars and browsers, update them too.
Above are just two of the methods to prevent phishing. There are a lot of prevention methods to prevent it. Microsoft provides the method to fight for phishing, www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/phishing/identify.mspx You can also learn more about phishing on PayPal’s website, https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing
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