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Phishing & Pharming Methods and Safeguards Baber Aslam and Lei Wu

Phishing & Pharming Methods and Safeguards Baber Aslam and Lei Wu. Outline. Threats to Identity Theft Phishing Definition Methods Pharming Definition Methods Safeguards Project aims. Identify Theft. Two major Identity theft threats Aim at stealing personal sensitive data

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Phishing & Pharming Methods and Safeguards Baber Aslam and Lei Wu

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  1. Phishing & Pharming Methods and SafeguardsBaber Aslam and Lei Wu

  2. Outline • Threats to Identity Theft • Phishing • Definition • Methods • Pharming • Definition • Methods • Safeguards • Project aims

  3. Identify Theft • Two major Identity theft threats • Aim at stealing personal sensitive data • ID & password • Passport information • SSN • Bank account numbers • Credit card numbers • etc

  4. Statistical Highlights for 2nd Half, 2008 Phishing Activity Trends Report, 2nd Half 2008

  5. Statistical Highlights for 2nd Half, 2008 Phishing Activity Trends Report, 2nd Half 2008

  6. Phishing

  7. Methods / Techniques • Misspelled URLs • (http://www.eccs.ucf.edu/account) • Spoofing URLs (http://www.google.com@members.hacker.com) • Javascript • International Domain Names

  8. Pharming

  9. Methods / Techniques • Email Viruses • Alters the computer’s host file • DNS Poisoning • Nothing on computer changes • The company’s website is “hijacked” • Web Cache Poisoning • Drive-by pharming

  10. Safeguards • Specialized “Anti-Phishing” Software • Spam filters • Multifactor authentication • Challenge Questions • Secure connections • DNS protection

  11. Proposal The project aims at studying the methods of Phishing and Pharming, and analyzing the effectiveness of the safeguards against these methods.

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