http://netvouz.com/lillymark/tag/protect-against-phishing-scams?feed=rss lillymark's bookmarks tagged "protect-against-phishing-scams" on Netvouz http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm?articleid=5927258 Spear-phishing is on the rise mainly as it is a sure shot means of procuring information from innocent victims. Cyber criminals have moved from broad phishing attacks to advance targeted attacks like spear-phishing. lillymark Thu, 22 Aug 2013 05:58:24 GMT http://www.slideshare.net/Phishnix/social-engineering-the-most-powerful-weapon-used-in-phishing-attacks Phishing is a criminal strategy that employs both social engineering and technical deception in order to steal personal, identity and financial data. If we look at the examples of phishing attacks, we can see that social engineering schemes usually use hoax emails claiming to be from legitimate organizations and lead recipients to counterfeit websites. lillymark Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:00:45 GMT