GROUP C
What is Phishing and pharming?
PHISHING
- Involves bulk e-mail messages that trick people into giving their personal information by asking them to update, validation, or confirm their account. - Provides cyber criminals with your username and passwords so that they can access your accounts (your online bank account, shopping accounts, etc.) and steal your credit card numbers. |
PHARMING
- Convince people that the site is real and legitimate by looking almost identical to the actual site down to the smallest details. - People may enter their personal information and unknowingly give it to someone with malicious intent. |
*Both phishing and pharming are methods used to steal personal information from unsuspecting people over the Internet.