Basics of hacking - Phishing

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                                                         "PHISHING"

What is phishing ?

Phishing is one of the method of hacking . It is a method of acquiring sensitive information such as username, password, bank information etc. Phishing page is duplicate page of real one it look same as the real page.But when user enter sensitive information his information is send to the E-mail address provided in the phishing page. Phishing page is mostly send via mail. Target of phishing are mostly social networking sites like facebook, orkut etc. Bank website to acquire credit card details.website like yahoo, gmail are also target of phishing.


How to be safe from Phishing ?


To protect yourself from phishing  just follow below steps :

• Go to real website dont click on any link provided in email or posted anywhere. such as link posted on your facebook wall by friend or link provided in comments.
• Check the URL of website before entering any sensitive information. Because the URL of phishing page is not same as the URL of  real page.