Computer Security: Are you Phishing?

Author: Barion Willis

Article:
You can say that the Internet is a short cut for international
networking. By just logging on, you can connect to people all
over the world. They may be people you personally know or people
you just know online. Whatever the case, there is always
somebody on the other end of your Internet connection.

As accessible and easy daily life is now thanks to the Internet,
there are disadvantages from this convenience. Criminal
activities such as eliciting sexual activities on the web are an
example of online problems society has to deal with.

Another online criminal activity is phishing. Phishing is
acquiring personal information like passwords and credit card
details by pretending to be a representative of a company.
Phishing is done through email or instant messaging.

It is called ®phishing because it is similar to the
recreational activity fishing. It for users
personal information such as passwords and financial data.

Phishers create accounts on AOL by using fake algorithmically
generated credit card numbers. These accounts are maintained for
a number of months. Due to the reports of phishing incidences,
AOL has brought in measures preventing this from happening by
securing the data of their users and confirming the information
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On AOL, a phisher pretends that he is an AOL employee and sends
out instant messages to a random customer that asks for
passwords of their account. Luring the victim further, the
phisher includes in the message verify your account or
confirm billing information.

Thus, a number of clients get lured in and give off their
password. Once the phisher gains access of this sensitive
information, he can use the victims account for spamming.
Check your inbox and take a look at the spam messages you've
received. Yes, those are real names of people. These people's
accounts have been hacked and are now being used to relay spam
messages.

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