As the use of technology increases among the people, the problems related to data theft and computer hacking will also increase. Phishing is also a technique used to steal data.
Fishing is like fishing. That is, it can be described as a bait technique used by hackers to steal data, just as they catch fish with bait.
Phishing Page – Fake Website
To understand how our data is stolen by a phishing attack, we need to be clear about the phishing page.
A phishing page is a fake page that is designed to look like an original web page. They would have copied and created fake pages of websites such as social media, company websites, business websites, etc. It looks like the original.
Most of the phishing web pages are created by hackers for the purpose of stealing information. Both a fake phishing web page and an original webpage can be identified by domain names.
What is a Phishing Attack?
Phishing attack is the use of fake phishing web pages to trick a person into accessing his or her username, password, credit card details and personal data.
Simple as it may sound, it is important to know that large-scale fraud is taking place through the Phishing Attack.
How is data stolen by Phishing Attack? Let's say you want to steal a person's Facebook username and password through phishing. First, they will create a phishing page that looks like a Facebook login page.
The link to the phishing page will be sent to those whose username and password they want to steal. When sending, they will send something that will prompt him to login.
If you go through that link, the Phishing webpage will appear. It looks like Facebook's real login page. But that would be the phishing side. Many people believe that this is a real Facebook login page and login by giving their username and password.
இப்போது Username, Password ஐ பிஷிங் Page உருவாக்கிய நபர்களிற்கு கிடைத்துவிடும். நான் கூறியது Phishing மூலமாக தரவுகள் எவ்வாறு திருடப்படுகின்றது என்பதற்கான அடிப்படையான விடயமே ஆகும். பெரிய அளவில் நடக்கின்ற Phishing Attacks ஆனது Advance லெவலில் செய்யப்படுகின்றன.
தற்போதைய தொழினுட்பத்தில் Login செய்யும் தளங்களில் Verification போன்ற பாதுகாப்பு நுட்பங்கள் பல பின்பற்றப்படுகின்றன. ஆனால் இவ்வாறான பாதுகாப்பு நுட்பங்களைக்கூட ஏமாற்றி தரவுகளைத் திருடுவதக்கான வேலைகளை செய்கின்றார்கள்.
Phishing ஏன்? எதற்காக?
The main purpose of phishing attacks is to manipulate your data. You can steal the username and password of the social networks and websites you use by phishing.
Now there are mobile banking, net banking, etc. They can create a fake web page of a bank and steal your bank data, money, etc.
Credit card details can also be stolen by creating fake business websites. Apart from stealing data, fake web pages are also designed to spread malware on computers and mobiles.
How to Avoid a Phishing Attack
If you know and follow some basic things, you can avoid data theft in ways like phishing.
Before you open Internet links sent to you by individuals or organizations, check what the link is about and whether it is a genuine link.
If the link is a login page, avoid logining. If you don't know what Internet connections are being sent to you, it's best to avoid clicking on the link.
Many times it is difficult to differentiate between a fake web page and an original page, but you can identify it by the URL. In any case, the URL of a fake web page will be different.
If we take Facebook.com, facobook.com, facllook.com, focebaok.com will be like this or without any relevance Humleguytghv.com, dhjhflflfh.net like this. Always look at the URL carefully. You can find out by that.
Ads sent to you about online shopping and banking can also lead to fake web pages. Some of them can also be to swindle your credit card details.
If you are banking or shopping online, you can enter the official URL and access those websites in the browser.
If we focus on small things like this, we can avoid cheating things like phishing.
Phishing may seem like a small thing, but sometimes we have to lose our information and money in this way. So it's good to be a little careful.
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