phishing and pharming

1. Phishing and Pharming: kinds of internet fraud

2. Phishing • Find two pictures of example phishing sites • Label the pictures explain how you can tell the pages are not genuine.

3. Phishing - Definition • Phishing is a way that criminals get sensitive information (like usernames or passwords). It is a method of social engineering. Very often, phishing is done by electronic mail. This mail appears to come from a bank or other service provider. It usually says that because of some change in the system, the users need to re-enter their usernames/passwords to confirm them. The emails usually have a link to a page that looks almost like that of the real bank. • Phishing allows criminals to get access to bank accounts, or other accounts like shopping, auction or gaming accounts. It can also be used for identity theft. • From www.simple.wikipedia.com

4. Phishing or Pharming • Which of these uses the DNS server to re route web page requests to an alternative web location? • Which of these uses a URL address which look the same to the web user? • Which of these is the easiest for the web user to spot?

5. Pharming • Find or draw a diagram to show how a DNS server can be infected and how pharming works.

6. Internet Fraud • What other ways that the internet can be used to fool people out of their money.

7. Useful Links • http://www.scambusters.org/ • http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/phishing.htm • http://www.ehow.com/spot-internet-scams/ • http://www.getrichfast.ca/ • http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-internet-fraud-scams-time/