Phishing Attacks and Defenses

A phishing attack is a method of tricking users into unknowingly providing personal and financial information or sending funds to attackers. The most common phishing attacks use some form of electronic messaging such as email to provide a link to what appears to be a legitimate site but is actually...

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Published inInternational Journal of Security and Its Applications Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 247 - 256
Main Authors Chaudhry, Junaid Ahsenali, Chaudhry, Shafique Ahmad, Rittenhouse, Robert G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2016
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cybercrime
Phishing
cyber security
community computing
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Summary:A phishing attack is a method of tricking users into unknowingly providing personal and financial information or sending funds to attackers. The most common phishing attacks use some form of electronic messaging such as email to provide a link to what appears to be a legitimate site but is actually a malicious site controlled by the attacker. Phishing is a hybrid attack combining both social engineering and technological aspects and combatting phishing attacks requires dealing with both aspects
ISSN:1738-9976
1738-9976
DOI:10.14257/ijsia.2016.10.1.23