Wednesday, 27 December 2006

Phishing - the criminals never give up!

Phishing means the use of social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. With this data these criminals try to procure money - often with the support of harmless (and in most cases very stupid) internet users recruited by spam mails.
We have the technique of social engeneering as a very common problem in our society, because with the proper knowledge of personal data it's very easy for criminals to enrich themselfs in some illegal way.

Further information: Antiphishing page

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