Archive for October, 2009

What we know and what we acquire is a waste if it is not executed in the right manner. We need to be aware of the threats that phishing causes. In order to tackle phishing related dangers we need to give concise and precise training to as many people as we can. If it is an organization we need to train everybody how to prevent phishing, or going a step further if your employees are able to detect phishing mails or sites or contents than your anti phishing training program has really been a success.

Spam is irritating, annoying, disturbing and can create problems to our networks. But phishing is actually devastating. It can cause and inflict irreparable damages. Phishing is the formation of e-mail messages and web pages that are duplicated in such a way it seems like an original and asks users to divulge their passwords, credit card details, other personal information, etc. It is a great menace for Internet users.

Check this one out. Stay away from it if you get it in your email.

UBS International Holdings BV
Herengracht 600
NL-1017 CJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
www.ubs.com/investmentbank

Greetings,

I am an investment consultant working with UBS International Holdings BV
in the Netherlands. I will be happy to work this transaction out with you
if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are reliable
and honest. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, as I
can arrange and provide you details/documentatal proof so that
funds($8.5million) will be transferred into your account as the next of
kin to the late depositor(Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri, who was an Election
candidate and also a business man).

I just received a phishing email from GoDaddy. This is a new one that I have seen and a first from supposedly ‘GoDaddy’.

Here is what it looks like.

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notification@paypal-us.intl.com <notification@paypal-us.intl.com>	Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:59 AM
To: 67843
This email confirms that you have sent a payment for $12.05 USD to billing@godaddy.com.

In terms of computer and Internet security phishing is the criminally deceitful process of attempting to get sensitive or secret information like user names, passwords credit card details or any or all of your personal information. Phishing is generally done through e-mails or instant messaging. One believes that it has come from popular networking sites, auction sites or on-line payment processors because they are very similar in nature and it is here that you require anti Phishing software.