Saturday, October 11, 2008

Sunday October 12 Phishing

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15 comments:

Amir said...

Phishing is another way of stealing the identity of users in order to use their financial and health priviledges. This issue questions the topic of reliability of banks worldwide particularly major ones such as HSBC where it is accessible anywhere around the world. Therefore, phishing gangs know that by tricking bank customers would be worth it since that is where the flow of money is. As a result, better ways of authentication is needed in order to prevent these types of cases which contribute alot to the activity of identity theft to occur in the future.

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Mariam Al-Thani said...

Phishing is up 186% this year (because the economy is falling apart), its evidently becoming a huge problem. Phishing is basically when people take your information off of servers such as bank servers. This makes you question the reliability of institutions such as banks. People need to find protective measures against these phishing gangs.

Hussain Al Jaber said...

This Article Speaks of Phishing and Phishing gangs that Steal peoples Identities. And the Bank mix up that is gowing around the World is Helping them do thier job of stealing Information of of value from people. what they simply do is they try to copy the Websites of the Main banks around the world. so that the customer thinks it is a Realible place to g to, with that those people write thier own Information on that Website. and with that they are at a high risk of getting stolen.

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Shaika J Al-thani said...

Stealing identity is a big problem and in order to use someone's idea you need to have a privileged from the person. Another ways of having permission is needed in order to stop these cases happening. They should be caught and brought and punished.

Abdulaziz AL-Derham said...

Phishing is a huge problem these days, due to the fact that the economy is falling apart. Phishing gangs would fool their victims by creating fake web sites of banks so that they would fool them and get their private information. Thats why we shoud not trust any site in the world wide web.

Mariam said...

Sinse the economy is falling apart, Phishing is up 186%. Phishing is simple a different way of stealing the identity of the users. Since this is an issue, peopel start to question the reliability of banks. Phishing gangs tend to trick people and get their private and personal information.

Ameera Al Ansari said...

Phishing is basically intenet fraud. Its steaqling the identity of people to use their financial and health advantages. Its is up 186% this year. I really enjoyed reading this article because it is very interesting but i think this matter is becoming more often by the day and that it should not be ignored.

SaraD said...

Phishing is a very big issue and it is also a serious one. It steals the identity, and people acces your identity. It is when people steal your identity and it can cause many problems. The solution is to be more careful, and never give your username to anybody. The society would trust the bank and they would think it's reliable therefore they would depend on the bank and put their personal information on the website. They just have to be more careful, because the internet is not safe.

Joanna Seraspi said...

There are a couple of issues involved regarding this article. Security and Reliability. Security is an issue here, the information ain't secure which then causes the reliability issue among the banks of Wachovia and the like.

Saba Singh said...

The rate of phishing is increasing at an astonishing rate due to the severe fall in economy. People are becoming more and more concerned about the security of the information they post on the internet. Phishing sites mainly aim to get a persons password and other information by faking business sites. It is now harder to know which internet sites are reliable and which are not as it is harder to trust internet sites.

Unknown said...

This article is related to internet fraud. It raises concerns regarding security. People take advantage of the global economy crisis and ask for other people's passwords and manage to get them. This could lead to people mistrusting the internet.

Abdulrahman Al Khalifa said...

Phishing is a rapidly growing method of stealing personal information and financial information.Phishing gangs are growing at 187% a year making them an issue to be reckoned with. As the global economy is in crisis it is extremely easy to do this thus allowing this method of grow even faster. Overall phishing is an issue of both integrity and security.

Ekene said...

Phishing could be said to be another way or form of hacking. It is a way of stealing people's identity through the internet. The reliability of the world banks and other banks around the world are starting to become questioned becasue of phishing. This applies to major ones like HSBC which is accessible all around the world. ank customers could be tricked into giving their account information to so called "Bank workers". They usually claim that the bank has been bought by another bank and they need your infor agin to re-enter you into the system. I also think that the bank customer should be careful who he or she gives their personal information to.