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How to protect yourself from "phishing"
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<blockquote data-quote="Venustus" data-source="post: 205991" data-attributes="member: 4295"><p><em>Phishing as a concept – scammy electronic communications trying to steal personal data and passwords – has been around for nearly 20 years, but people still regularly fall victim to it.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>In June 2013, security firm Kaspersky Lab estimated that <a href="http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/press/2013/Kaspersky_Lab_report_37_3_million_users_experienced_phishing_attacks_in_the_last_year" target="_blank">37.3m people had encountered phishing attacks</a> in the last year, including <a href="http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/about/news/virus/2013/Kaspersky_Lab_report_Over_one_million_UK_internet_users_experienced_phishing_attacks_last_year" target="_blank">more than 1m people in the UK alone</a>. Symantec, meanwhile, estimates that<a href="http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-istr_main_report_v19_21291018.en-us.pdf" target="_blank">phishing accounted for one in 392 emails per day in 2013</a>.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Phishing is all about convincing you to divulge information that could help criminals steal your money and/or install malware on your computer, potentially also selling your passwords on to others.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It works by impersonating communications from companies that you trust: banks, online payment firms like PayPal, social networks, online retailers and other technology companies, as well as government bodies (tax authorities, for example). According to Symantec, 71% of phishing attacks in 2013 were related to financial organisations.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>A lot of phishing attacks are fended off without you ever seeing them, thanks to the spam filters used by companies and webmail providers. But for those that make it through to your inbox, there are some common-sense tips to ensure you don't fall victim.</em></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/06/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-attacks" target="_blank">Source</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Venustus, post: 205991, member: 4295"] [I]Phishing as a concept – scammy electronic communications trying to steal personal data and passwords – has been around for nearly 20 years, but people still regularly fall victim to it. In June 2013, security firm Kaspersky Lab estimated that [URL='http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/press/2013/Kaspersky_Lab_report_37_3_million_users_experienced_phishing_attacks_in_the_last_year']37.3m people had encountered phishing attacks[/URL] in the last year, including [URL='http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/about/news/virus/2013/Kaspersky_Lab_report_Over_one_million_UK_internet_users_experienced_phishing_attacks_last_year']more than 1m people in the UK alone[/URL]. Symantec, meanwhile, estimates that[URL='http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/other_resources/b-istr_main_report_v19_21291018.en-us.pdf']phishing accounted for one in 392 emails per day in 2013[/URL]. Phishing is all about convincing you to divulge information that could help criminals steal your money and/or install malware on your computer, potentially also selling your passwords on to others. It works by impersonating communications from companies that you trust: banks, online payment firms like PayPal, social networks, online retailers and other technology companies, as well as government bodies (tax authorities, for example). According to Symantec, 71% of phishing attacks in 2013 were related to financial organisations. A lot of phishing attacks are fended off without you ever seeing them, thanks to the spam filters used by companies and webmail providers. But for those that make it through to your inbox, there are some common-sense tips to ensure you don't fall victim.[/I] [B][URL='http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/06/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phishing-attacks']Source[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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