Be-aware of Phishing, Vishing & Smishing Attack



Phishing-- 

                   Phishing is a fraudulent practice of sending emails claiming to be from reputable and clean organizations in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and Credit/Debit card details.
                   Phishing is a popular attack, as it is far easier to trick someone into clicking a malicious link in a seemingly legitimate email.



Vishing-- 

                  Vishing (voice or VoIP phishing) relies on “social engineering” techniques to trick you into providing information that others can use to access and use your important accounts. Vishing attack can be conducted by voice email, VoIP Phones, landline or cellular telephone. 
In this attack fradusters want to gain your some personal identities like income tax refund, Credit/Debit card activation, expiration etc.


Smishing-- 

                    Smishing is the abbreviation of SMS Phishing. In this attack attackers sends the message to mobile phone users. These messages contains a web hyperlink, which if clicked would download virus to the mobile, smishing message usually asks for immediate attention.

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