What is Phishing? | Types of Phishing

In this blog, we are going to discuss what is phishing? Types of phishing, and what is anti-phishing? Some points that help you to save you from a phishing attack.

                     A lot of work is being done in the world of the Internet. All the work has become easier through this. The way we have been facilitated using the internet, it also has its disadvantages. The benefits of using the Internet are many, but its disadvantages are also many. The Internet should also be used very carefully. Nowadays there are many hacking attacks happens, due to which your personal information is hacked.

 

                    Whenever we give some information on the Internet for net banking or give your information on any E-from Site, it has to be cautious. Because that information comes to the knowledge of phishing attack. So that hackers can take advantage of it wrongly. But if you are careful, you can avoid this attack.

What is Phishing?

  

                      Phishing is a way of hacking which is mostly used for hacking. There is a call or message from a bank or organization's to know the details and password of banking, credit/debit card, but it is Fake. Criminals send you fake emails or messages through phishing that resemble a company, a bank. Phishing Page is just like Original Page. There is a change in the URL address in it, which is not visible to any user. It is a clone of your login page, where you type your id and password.

How does Phishing Work?

                     Hackers send Phishing Link to targeted people via email or message or using another medium. When you click on this link, they come to the Phishing Page. The user feels that he is on the original website and he logs in there with his Id and Password. As soon as they log in, this ID and Password go to the hacker and the user does not even know that he has been a victim of Phishing Attack.

Types of a Phishing 

                     There are also many types of Phishing attacks. You have been told further about the types of Phishing attacks.

1. SMS Phishing

                      This phishing uses text messages to expose the Bank Account Credential to the user or to install malware. You got the phishing page link via SMS.

 2. Pharming attack

                     This attack relies on DNS cache poisoning so that the user can be directly accessed from the Valid Site on a fraud website, by logging into this fraud site their login information can be stolen.

3. Spear Phishing

                     Spear Phishing attacks are done on companies or any particular individuals. In this phishing, the reference of the colleague or officers of the company who is attacked includes his location, name, personal reference.

4. Voice Phishing

                     It happens on Voice Communication Media. In this type of phishing, hackers ask for information about people's credit card or debit card through a call. Many times you got calls from unknown who ask you your banking details. Remember not any bank asks you your details on voice calls.

5. Whaling attacks

                     This is a kind of Spear Phishing Attack. In which target the officials of an organization to get more money.

 How to avoid a phishing attack 

                      If you are not stay alert from a phishing attack, so you too can be a victim of it. For this, you should be careful. Some tips to avoid phishing attack-

• Do not click on any unknown link and do not enter your information in any unknown link.
• You must have heard that a website with HTTP remains secure. But it is not the case that hackers have become very smart now. He also uses HTTP on Phishing Page, so instead of HTTP, see his domain.
• You must keep in mind the URL while logging into any of your accounts.
• Do not open any unknown spam mail and do not click on the link given in it and also do not download the attachment attached to it.
• If you use a computer. So make sure to use a good anti-virus on your computer which will give you web security.

 What is Anti Phishing? 

                     Google has created an Anti-Phishing Security feature to prevent phisher's attacks. With this feature, users of millions of iPhones and iPads will avoid falling prey to hacking through phishing emails. Security will be like this if the user clicks on a link which according to Google will be full of suspicion, then a warning pop-up related to it will appear on the screen. In this warning, there is a message that if the user ignores the first warning and goes ahead, the Gmail app gives the message of the second warning. 

                    We hope you understand all the points. if you still have any questions about phishers hacking then ask us in the comment box.