O informare privind privind atacurile de tip phishing venita tocmai de la Politia Romana fost publicata de saptamana trecuta pe UnderClick.
Din informarea politiei, o scurta definitie:
Phishing-ul – reprezinta crearea unor pagini web false si transmiterea de mesaje catre diverse persoane in scopul obtinerii unor date de identitate pentru Internet sau carti de credit.
Practic nu se reduce doar la atat, paginile false fiind create inclusiv pentru furarea identiatii de pe portaluri sociale gen MySpace, Hi5 sau altele.
Scopul? Cel putin pe moment am remarcat ca utilizand ilegal datele altei persoane se merge pe doua directii:
- comentariu spam (spam comment) catre alte site-uri clonate;
- via un redirect, spam comment cate alte site-uri de socializare sau site-uri obisnuite.
Nu as fi acordat importanta acestui aspect pana efectiv nu am fost asaltat cu amici ce ma chemau la ei cu “cel mai tare antivirus”, disperati ca au un virus pe calculator care trimite mesaje ciuate altor prieteni, via HI5.com.
Nu era vorba despre nici un virus ci doar de un furt de identiate.
Pana voi publica pe concret cateva exemple, cateva sfaturi rapide pentru protectie:
- schimbarea adresei de email si a parolei cu care v-ati inregistrat pe portalul respectiv;
- folositi cu incredere browserul Firefox si raportati site-urile suspecte de contrafacere.
Firefox 2 or later contains a built-in Phishing Protection feature that warns you of suspected Web forgeries, and offers to take you directly to a search page so you can find the real Web site you were looking for.
Firefox are deja o baza de date cu site-uri dubioase, semnalate anterior.
Firefox 2 or later contains a built-in Phishing Protection feature that warns you of suspected Web forgeries, and offers to take you directly to a search page so you can find the real Web site you were looking for.
Adrese utile:
Firefox Phishing Protection – In the Help menu there is an option to “Report Web Forgery…” which will bring you to a Web page that you can use to report a suspected phishing site, or to submit an incorrect forgery report.
Report Web Forgery – If you believe you’ve encountered a page designed to look like another page in an attempt to steal users’ personal information, please complete the form below to report the page to the Google Safe Browsing team.
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