How to Avoid Phising attacks and protect your passwords online...

Many times we receive an email saying" you have won 10000$!" or you receive a text message on your phone which says " your number won in the lucky draw contest!" Many of us believe it and so we do everything they ask us to do, like giving away passwords and bank account numbers. But by the time we get to know that our passwords have been hacked, it is too late. This serious problem is termed as "phishing" which cyber criminals use to attack common  users. - See more at: http://www.alltechtricks.com/2013/11/protect-from-phishing.html#sthash.jBpMiY38.dpuf

What is Phishing?

Phishing is a technique used by the cyber criminals who try to steal your important and private information by pretending to be someone or something you trust. For example, you get an email which seems to have been sent by your bank  asking for your account details, but in fact it is indeed sent by a phishing expert. Though the email seems very real, it is actually sent by a cyber criminal to steal your account passwords. Phishing techniques have become extremely dangerous and sophisticated these days, since they accurately replicate the legitimate trusted source. For example, they will have a real logo, will use the same font and will seem to come from a real email address.
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Typical forms of phishing attacks:

1.Account upgrade, system maintenance, software crash or some other mundane reason. 2. Sms text message that seems as if your bank or relative or friend is trying to get in touch with you. 3. Instant message asking you for confidential information. 4.Private message on Facebook containing a link that may take you to a page that looks like a log-in screen for facebook, but actually is a fake log-in screen. - See more at: http://www.alltechtricks.com/2013/11/protect-from-phishing.html#sthash.jBpMiY38.dpuf

Here in the picture you can see a Facebook phishing attack. Check the URL bar, it is not the Facebook.com

There are a few simple things you can keep in mind in order to avoid the phishing attacks:

• Your bank or credit card company shall never ask for your password under any circumstances.
•  If the email you have received contains a link, do not blindly click on it. It can be a fake link which may lead you to a fake log-in screen or executes some other phishing attack. Before you click on the link, you can find out where it is going to take you by holding your mouse over it for a few seconds and looking at the status bar of your browser.Below one is example of phishing.