By: Rikhard Räihä

PHISHING

• General

• Avoid Phishing

• How to notice Phishing

• Victim of Phishing

• Sources

Content

• Phishing is used by criminals

• Criminals try to trick people to give up their bank account information and credit card numbers etc.

• Phishing usually comes in the form of e-mail

• It usually says it is from a bank, and wants you to continue to another link and change your password or bank information etc.

• The e-mails often appears to be authentic

General

• Phishing is used for identity theft

• They are after your personal information so that they can e.g. open a bank account in your name

General

• Don’t open unfamiliar e-mails

• Never give up your personal information on web sites

• Always check or contact the part that asks for your information

Avoid Phishing

• In some cases it’s hard to tell the difference between a legitimate or a phishing e-mail

• In most of the cases you can detect many spelling errors in a phishing e-mail

• Usually there is a link they want you to follow, if the link directs you to another page then promised then it’s probably a Phishing web site

How to notice Phishing

• Contact the place you gave information about

• Contact your bank

• If possible change password

Victim of Phishing

• http://www.securelist.com/en/threats/spam?chapter=85

• http://banking.about.com/od/securityandsafety/a/phishingscams.htm

Sources