Open AccessStudy and Analysis of Phishing Attack
Author(s) -
Thakur Pooja Prakash,
Gaikwad Nandini N.,
Thakur Vrushali M.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research in science, communication and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-9429
DOI - 10.48175/ijarsct-3087
Subject(s) - phishing , password , computer security , identity theft , hacker , personally identifiable information , credit card , computer science , commit , internet privacy , data breach , mistake , information sensitivity , keystroke logging , the internet , world wide web , database , payment , political science , law
Now a day there is lot of data security issue. Hackers are very intelligent now, they using their knowledge to hack someone system and grab their information such attack is call phishing attack. In phishing attack scammers collect personal information from user. Attacker sends fraud e-mails, text message, telephone calls to users to gather their information. Phishing is same like fishing in lake, instead of trying to capture fish, phishers are stealing personal information. The personal information could include credit card details, username and password, bank details. After gathering the information attacker could commit crimes such as financial loses and identity theft. Phishing attack is common in online communication and transaction. This paper gives fair idea about phishing attack.