HOW TO DETECT OR PREVENT FROM PHISHING

HOW TO DETECT OR PREVENT FROM PHISHING

Welcome to (BLACKBACKHACKERS - "An approach to introduce people with the truth of HACKING"),In this articles I'll tell you how can you Detect or Prevent phishing scams and protect your ID's and passwords from attackers. Now days we all

know that 7/10 peoples are affected by phishing attacks. Very few of people know about this HACK. This article  is on demand.MR. TARUN requested to write this blog thanks for suggestion.. 

Phishing scams are just another attempt to get your information. Scammers send a mass email to every email address.

Typically this message will appear to come from Gmail, yahoo, banks or other financial institute. In email they state that some updates, information or password update request. they provide links below mail to click, here game begins when victim open link a phishing page (Fake page) created by scammer sends to your email links to legitimate like website where you have to insert your ID or Password.

Phishing Attack is now days most popular scam done online to steal information of victim.  Some victims of phishing scams have given up their credit card numbers only to find that the card was used fraudulently. 

How to Detect Phishing Page :

• Phishing pages are very difficult to recognize from layout but they can be traced by simple URL.

  

Example: This is phishing URL of Gmail page, related but not same so this can be first crack for phishing.

• Some time scammers decode URL of phishing page so its quite difficult to compare. Try to type official URL of website before entering personal data.

• Try to check https:// rather then http:// before URL when you visit : Gmail, Yahoo, Bank sites etc. https:// shows they are secured.

• If you are using Mizilla Firefox then you can try WOT add-on (Web of Trust - Safe Browsing Tool). Which tells you which websites you can trust? The Web of Trust (WOT) add-on is a safe surfing tool for your browser. Traffic-light rating symbols show which websites you can trust when you search, shop and surf on the Web. (Add-on)

• Always insert wrong password to check this page is authenticated or not. If they show error on page then it shows this page is Authenticated but if they redirected to another link then you can understand easily this is scam.

•  Well if you are not satisfied with this and want to find this page is official or not then open that page. Right click on it then open View Page Source. and findaction =

 

If you find /login.php or same kind of file names then you can easily judge that this is phishing page.

How to Prevent from Phishing 

• Always type URL for website where you gonna insert you personal data.

• Always check URL before entering ID or Password.

• Never open Bank Site, Gmail, Yahoo etc from other links given in other websites.

• TAB napping is always a advance technique of phishing so always check URL first.

• Link provided in the email never click on them.

• If you receive any kind of mail from bank then Call customer service and ask for this.

• Now days FACEBOOK scams are most popular in these days. Scammers sends Facebook forged comments to your  primary mail that link to phishing page. So i advise to open Facebook from official page of Facebook. 

• Ignore these types of emails. 

Hope you like it and surely cover your all questions related to phishing scam. Suggestions are welcomed. Please post your views and quires.