Open AccessStudy on Cyber-Attacks Based on E-mails
Author(s) -
Florian-Cosmin BUTOI
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
proceedings of international conference on cybersecurity and cybercrime
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2393-0837
pISSN - 2393-0772
DOI - 10.19107/cybercon.2014.10
Subject(s) - phishing , login , counterfeit , password , internet privacy , computer security , personally identifiable information , computer science , world wide web , the internet , political science , law
A particularly dangerous and now common type of spam known as "Phishing” attempts to trick recipients into revealing personal and sensitive data, such as passwords, login ID’s, financial information or social security numbers. Recipients are directed to counterfeit and fraudulent websites that are exact duplicates of well-known and respected companies such as eBay, PayPal or large banking institutions and prompted to enter account information. This white paper addresses current issues associated with phishing scams and argues the most probable and likely direction phishing scams will follow in the future. Recommended safe user guidelines are included to help protect users from both current and future phishing attacks.