How it works: Phishing

Phishing scams are getting increasingly sophisticated and harder to spot.

You receive an official-looking e-mail that says your bank is concerned about attempts to access your online bank account using an incorrect password, and that it needs you to verify your information. You click on the link (conveniently provided), and what looks like a bank website appears in your browser. You enter your user name and password.

A few weeks later, transactions you know nothing about start appearing on your bank or credit card statement.

What happened?

Phishing, How it Works

5 Responses

  1. I discovered your homepage by coincidence.
    Very interesting posts and well written.
    I will put your site on my blogroll.
    :-)

  2. Aaron
    Glad you found me LOL and hope the posts are what you need.

    Thanks for the blogroll as well

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  4. Found your site through blogcatagory.

    Thought you might like to see this link. Rather interesting way to learn about phishing.

    http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/antiphishing_phil/quiz/index.html

  5. David
    That is addictive LOL.

    Made it to round 3 and then really screwed up

    Easy way to learn though

    Thanks

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