Phishing in ICT

1. Phishing On Internet
Prepared and Presented
by Yash Bhatt

2. Phishing Basics
 Pronounced “fishing”
 The word has its origin from two words
“Password Harvesting” or fishing for
passwords.
 Phishing is an online form of pretexting, a
kind of deception in which an attacker
pretends to be someone else in order to
obtain sensitive information from the victim.
 Also known as “brand spoofing”

3. Phishing
 Phishing is a way of
fraudulently acquiring
sensitive information.
 It tries to trick users with
official-looking messages
 Some phishing e-mails
also contain unwanted
software that can track
your activities or slow
your computer.

5. Example

6. Bibliography
 http://www.techterms.com/definition/ph
ishing
 www.slideshare.net/AryanRagu/phishi
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