Ages back i found one of the phishing HDFC bank page and felt like writing explaining about the term in general.

1. PHISHING
Phishing is an attempt of obtaining information from a
user which is meant to be kept secret or can be used at
proper place. phishing results in loosing user from
his/her account details to credit card number and in
some weired cases even identity theft.
The Modules Operandi
➔ A e-mail saying we need some details & supposedly
seems to be genuine.
➔ e-mail like you have won a million Rs lottery fill the
form & collect your money.
➔ Fake mail page where you will login & result in
loosing your passwor d.
some screen-shots:-
i have taken these shots from a spam that i received
today. It is a phishing site of the HDFC bank.
see if you find any differ
ence in the pages
www.atuljha.com

2. one
www.atuljha.com

3. two
www.atuljha.com

4. three
www.atuljha.com

5. Points to notice:--
if we open and match the real page of HDFC we will find
everything similar except the ADDRESS BAR which i
have encircled.
It is also VeriSign Secured.
the original page of HDFC.
www.atuljha.com

6. well we can clearly see how easy it is to forge or create
a fake page with same content.
-----Protection---
we can protect ourself if we are careful enough before
doing any financial transaction a making sure the
nd
page we are filling our details are the true one.
--software---
Yes we do have one from netcraft.i have not tried it
because i keep my eyes open & believe in myself rather
than the softwares.
www.atuljha.com