In the last post we all got to know that "SOCIAL ENGINEERING", as th name suggests is very much social and it is a attack that makes you socially and mentally ILL to think on your own and you follow the footsteps shown by the attacker and get trapped resulting in loosing money and personal details to the attacker .
Many of us, on a daily/weekly/monthly basis receive mails from unknown persons, from whom we never had a meeting nor a discussion , but still we receive mail from that person. HOW??
In today's world , it is very easy to get someone's e-mail id or phone number(prob. mobile number), so dear people you are being randomly choosen for the attack by the attacker .
He''ll(Attacker) first gather every information regarding you and then will compromise you on that basis.
Some people also believe these random e-mail offering "high package job offers" and "lottery of billions " and all other fake stuffs , and got trap ending losing all money and username and password of their e-mail accounts and sometimes bank account details also.
So,first step to safeguard yourself from such attacks is "ALWAYS SEE THE LINK AT THE TOP OF YOUR BROWSER BEFORE LOGGING INTO ANY E-MAIL ACCOUNT(there are possiblities that it must be a phishing page )".
Secondly, if you see the link is safe but there are still probabilities that your account details can be hacked(Yes,it's possible).Therefore check for the source code of the account login page and search for the "ACTION", if it's equal to 'POST' then its real page and if its equal to 'GET' , then it's again a phishing page using "IDN Homographic attack".
Never click on link provided by the e-mail message to enter in your e-mail account , always log in through original links and dont get trapped..!!
Stay Smart ..!! Act Smart ..!!
Many of us, on a daily/weekly/monthly basis receive mails from unknown persons, from whom we never had a meeting nor a discussion , but still we receive mail from that person. HOW??
In today's world , it is very easy to get someone's e-mail id or phone number(prob. mobile number), so dear people you are being randomly choosen for the attack by the attacker .
He''ll(Attacker) first gather every information regarding you and then will compromise you on that basis.
Some people also believe these random e-mail offering "high package job offers" and "lottery of billions " and all other fake stuffs , and got trap ending losing all money and username and password of their e-mail accounts and sometimes bank account details also.
So,first step to safeguard yourself from such attacks is "ALWAYS SEE THE LINK AT THE TOP OF YOUR BROWSER BEFORE LOGGING INTO ANY E-MAIL ACCOUNT(there are possiblities that it must be a phishing page )".
Secondly, if you see the link is safe but there are still probabilities that your account details can be hacked(Yes,it's possible).Therefore check for the source code of the account login page and search for the "ACTION", if it's equal to 'POST' then its real page and if its equal to 'GET' , then it's again a phishing page using "IDN Homographic attack".
Never click on link provided by the e-mail message to enter in your e-mail account , always log in through original links and dont get trapped..!!
Stay Smart ..!! Act Smart ..!!
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