What is Phishing Attack?

 Phishing  Attack

what is phishing?

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message.

How does phishing

Phishing usually begins with a form of communication to an unsuspecting victim: a text, an email or in-app communication. The message is engineered to encourage user interaction with an enticing call to action. Perhaps the chance to win a new iPhone, a voucher for a free holiday or, more simply, the opportunity to gain access to a service like social media, bank accounts or work email.

In order to solicit personal information from the victim, the attacker will often lull them into a false sense of security by sending them to a legitimate looking webpage to fill in their details. This intel could either be used immediately to gain access to the service via the official site or the data could be harvested and sold on to others on the Dark Web.

If you’ve been phished, chances are the attack was delivered in one of these ways:

.Text messages (smishing)

.Whatsapp (whishing)

.Personal email

.Corporate email

.Highly-personalized email (spear phishing)

.Email targeted at CEOs (whaling)

.Social media posts and direct messages .

how to get solution for this?

Use anti-phishing protection and anti-spam software to protect yourself when malicious messages slip through to your computer. Anti-malware is included to prevent other types of threats. Similar to anti-spam software, anti-malware software is programmed by security researchers to spot even the stealthiest malware

Amendment Act, 2008. Hacking has become very common these days and cyber crime in India is exponentially rising. Even many government sites have been hacked and are still unsafe today. The more common and frequently reported sorts of cyber-crimes against women include cyberstalking, pornography, morphing, online harassment, defamatory or annoying messages, trolling or bullying, blackmailing, threat or intimidation, email spoofing, and impersonation, etc. Therefore, it is important to understand when and how to report cyber crime and what are preventive measures you can take against it.

nformation Technology Act, 2000 was introduced to recognize, mitigate and prevent these threats. This  will help you understand how to file a cyber crime complaint in India online & offline

 before it is too late.you can approach Cybercrime.gov.in