A.SATYA KARTHIK K.DHEERAJ VARMA
VNR-VJIET
PHISHING
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HISTORY
3. PHISHING TECHNIQUES
4. DAMAGE CAUSED BY PHISHING
5. ANTI PHISHING
6. CASESTUDIES
7. REFERENCES
CONTENTS…
Phishing—common method of online identity theft and virus spreading
Carried by email spoofing or instant messaging
Social websites
Online payment processors
INTRODUCTION…
Described in a paper presentation delivered to International HP Users Group
Used in Hacking tool AOHELL
Believed that it is created by mid 1990’s spammer Khan C Smith
Chinese phishing campaign targeting US officials
HISTORY AND CURRENT STATUS…
Spear Phishing
Clone Phishing
Link Manipulation
Filter evasion
Phone Phishing
Other Techniques
PHISHING TECHNIQUES…
The damage caused by phishing ranges from denial of access to e-mail to substantial financial loss.
Approximately 1.2 million computer users in the United States suffered losses caused by phishing.
United Kingdom losses from phishing fraud
DAMAGE CAUSED BY PHISHING…
The process of preventing phishing is called anti phishing
There are several techniques of anti phishing
Social Response
Legal Response
Technical Response
ANTI-PHISHING…
In this technique emphasis is on training people to recognize the phishing attempts.
In June 2004 a military academy in new jersey was tested for awareness about phishing.
Anti-Phishing-Working-Group
SOCIAL RESPONSE…
This technique emphasizes on:
Secure connection
Which site
Who is the authority
TECHNICAL RESPONSE…
USA Anti Phishing Act -2005
UK Fraud Act -2006
Partnership between Microsoft and Australian Government
Companies efforts to crack down phishing
LEGAL RESPONSE…
Phishers are targeting the customers of banks and online payment services.
AOL Scam
In late 2006 a computer worm took over pages on MySpace and altered links
The Rapid Sharefile sharing site has been targeted by phishing to obtain a premium account.
CASE STUDIES…
Ollmann, Gunter.
The Phishing Guide: Understanding and Preventing Phishing Attacks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing#History_and_current_status_of_phishing
REFERNCES…
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