Phishing - Fraud Continues
Phishing (Online Scams) continue to rake in dollars at the expense of the unwary.
As you computer user you need to be ever vigilant.
Read the latest comment from the worlds biggest Internet Technology fair in, Hanover, Germany.
Computer security is in the spotlight at the world’s biggest IT fair, the CeBIT, with software companies touting the latest defenses against ever more devious tricks in Internet fraud.
Firms gathered at the event in this northern German city said a technique known as “phishing” — from the words password and fishing — was among the most insidious scams operating on the Web.
The practice involves e-mails sent to clients from sites imitating the bank sites that asked for personal passwords, security codes as well as bank and credit card numbers.
When unsuspecting users click on the links provided, they end up giving away the most sensitive of information to thieves.
