Protect yourself from phishing attacks
The term 'phishing' derives from the idea of fishing -- fishing for information. It refers to a type of
internet fraud that attempts to collect sensitive financial information. Typically, a fraudulent email is
used for...
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Protect yourself from phishing attacks
The term 'phishing' derives from the idea of fishing -- fishing for information. It refers to a type of
internet fraud that attempts to collect sensitive financial information. Typically, a fraudulent email is
used for this. The fraud disguises as a trustworthy entity to trick people into revealing information such
as user name and password, address and phone number, PAN card number, date of birth, ATM/Credit
card number, card validation code, etc. They lure the unsuspecting into financial ruin.
According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, an international consortium, there were at least
115,565 unique phishing attacks worldwide during the second-half of 2013. These attacks were carried
out by using 82,163 unique domain names, which were registered maliciously. Top five top-level
domains used for the purpose were .COM, .TK, .PW, .INFO, .NET, and .CF. The targets mostly included
large and small banks in Latin America, India, and the Arab world. It
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