news.com.au— Organised crime has identified the web as a goldmine – providing opportunities to launch cyber attacks that will earn large amounts of money at a relatively low risk. Learn more.
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Let me embellish with an example. If someone you'd never seen came up to you on the street, and started claiming to be the prince of Nigeria and in need of someone to safeguard a few million dollars, would you believe them? If you did, would people tell you you were a bloody idiot for walking right into such an obvious trap?Rule of thumb is: don't trust anyone/anything online that you wouldn't trust IRL. When my parents first started using the internet, I had to coax them quite a bit when they came running to me "OMG I've won this-and-that because I was 50000th visitor!". "Uhh, mom, I have some bad news..."
It will be ok! The goverment is developing "Clipper" chips to encrypt our banking transactions and such so it will be much harder for the hackers to steal your information.Still I don't think the Browser will replace archie servers as you need a ppp connection just to use that web thing.I'm gonna stick to my shell connection thank you very much.
Phishing. It is quite broad definition. The main goal of phishing is to get information from a user (such as passwords, credit card number etc.) or money. This method is basically used for many users not only for one. For instance, quasi-tech support sends the same email messages to the known clients of a bank. Usually support service asks users to confirm their account passwords supposedly because of server maintenance. Although all users are warned that nobody can require that kind of information, this is confidential information and should not be divulged there are always users who grant their passwords, accounts etc. This kind of messages are professionally composed and look very trustworthy that makes believe naïve users. There are various types of fishing.Recommendations: Remember that paranoia is the best protection. Do not trust anything suspicious, do not share your personal information. Administrators dont need your passwords to get to their server as they control the server and can see your password or change it....<a class="user" href="http://spyoverview.com/articles9.php">http://spyoverview.com/articles9.php</a>
1ofmanyJun 17, 2008
This 'article' had so much depth I'm burying it.
kyrgizionJun 17, 2008
Let me embellish with an example. If someone you'd never seen came up to you on the street, and started claiming to be the prince of Nigeria and in need of someone to safeguard a few million dollars, would you believe them? If you did, would people tell you you were a bloody idiot for walking right into such an obvious trap?Rule of thumb is: don't trust anyone/anything online that you wouldn't trust IRL. When my parents first started using the internet, I had to coax them quite a bit when they came running to me "OMG I've won this-and-that because I was 50000th visitor!". "Uhh, mom, I have some bad news..."
hodedofomeJun 17, 2008
They actually got this idea from the Canadians...<a class="user" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=tE5pMKPb6M8">http://youtube.com/watch?v=tE5pMKPb6M8</a>
billbertJun 17, 2008
yea, i heard theres lots of money way down californee way!
passivestaminaJun 17, 2008
This was probably relevant in 1998. Stop clogging the tubes!!!
changaJun 17, 2008
It will be ok! The goverment is developing "Clipper" chips to encrypt our banking transactions and such so it will be much harder for the hackers to steal your information.Still I don't think the Browser will replace archie servers as you need a ppp connection just to use that web thing.I'm gonna stick to my shell connection thank you very much.
zombiecreepJun 18, 2008
Captain Obvious Strikes in 2008. "beware the internets, they want to steal your stuff."
rulexJun 18, 2008
If they were smart they wouldn't be criminials right? right???
maxtoooJun 18, 2008
Phishing. It is quite broad definition. The main goal of phishing is to get information from a user (such as passwords, credit card number etc.) or money. This method is basically used for many users not only for one. For instance, quasi-tech support sends the same email messages to the known clients of a bank. Usually support service asks users to confirm their account passwords supposedly because of server maintenance. Although all users are warned that nobody can require that kind of information, this is confidential information and should not be divulged there are always users who grant their passwords, accounts etc. This kind of messages are professionally composed and look very trustworthy that makes believe naïve users. There are various types of fishing.Recommendations: Remember that paranoia is the best protection. Do not trust anything suspicious, do not share your personal information. Administrators dont need your passwords to get to their server as they control the server and can see your password or change it....<a class="user" href="http://spyoverview.com/articles9.php">http://spyoverview.com/articles9.php</a>