Once an attacker puts together a phishing website, how does he go about getting victims to go to it? The methods are unlimited, but for those of you who lack creativity, I have put together some of the most common methods used.
So, what is phishing? In a nutshell, phishing is the act of stealing one’s personal information by pretending to be a legitimate and trustworthy entity. Most commonly it is an E-Mail service website or an E-Commerce website.According to www.phishtank.com, in the month of December, 2008 the top targets for phishing attacks were:
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I constantly get emails of people asking me how to hack hotmail, hack yahoo, and all the other popular email services. Usually it’s for one of the following moronic cover-ups: It’s my password, I just forgot it. , or my boyfriend this or my girlfriend that. I just don’t understand what possesses them to possibly think that I give a hoot. Nah, I love you guys, I’m just kidding! Everyone seems to think that there’s some hacking trick that will magically get them the password. Too bad you have to actually learn something. Bummer… eh? Below I have briefly described the most common methods.