http://netvouz.com/lillymark/tag/protecting-against-phishing-attempts?feed=rss lillymark's bookmarks tagged "protecting-against-phishing-attempts" on Netvouz http://www.articlesbase.com/technology-articles/longline-phishing-attacks-the-new-advanced-phishing-technique-6739577.html Until now, phishing and spear phishing were two different techniques employed by cyber criminals to obtain confidential personal and corporate information. While phishing targets wide range of people, spear phishing (also known as whaling) targets key individuals in any organization who have access to sensitive business information. lillymark Wed, 04 Sep 2013 06:15:00 GMT http://mywikibiz.com/Technology_Created_Specifically_to_Protect_against_Phishing_Attacks Phishing refers to the “act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.” However, most of the people do not consider phishing as a real threat. lillymark Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:26:47 GMT