Interscience Management Review
Article Title
Abstract
Phishing is an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, banks, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure unsuspecting public. Phishing emails may contain links to websites that are infected with malware. Phishing is typically carried out by email spoofing or instant messaging, and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to deceive users, and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures. Many websites have now created secondary tools for applications, like maps for games, but they should be clearly marked as to who wrote them, and you should not use the same passwords anywhere on the internet.
Recommended Citation
Mohanty, Subasish and Rout, Biswajit
(2011)
"Phishing: A Serious Threat to Online Banking,"
Interscience Management Review: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.47893/IMR.2011.1075
Available at:
https://www.interscience.in/imr/vol4/iss1/5
DOI
10.47893/IMR.2011.1075
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