Phishing attacks weaken public confidence in e-commerce

Phishing attacks more frequent lately have a negative impact on how all companies do business with existing customers and threaten to jeopardize consumer confidence in Internet use their card. Phishing targets especially the financial industry, but such a message can start at any time by clients an online store, to propose an update of your account and to request various information related cofidentiale accounts and bank cards. How can you prevent this?

   1. Protected database containing user accounts and their contact details. Do not store sensitive items such as bank card data, PIN codes, etc..
   2. Show buyers through the steps through which passes when online payment € "screenshots, explanations for each item, and, importantly, the list of required data. So will know whether there is indeed a secure processing page, or is just a phishing site and requesting personal data (the same is based and a phishing site, that will display the information valid and reliable . What must always check the web address is entered and any SSL certificate)
   3. The elements of security have to check when the site payment processing: the URL should begin with https: / /, lacatel dark icon that opens the security certificate of the company that owns the page (payment processor) , the logo of the bank that issued the card, even if, as above, if not accomplished a phishing payment processing, buyers should know what to expect on a payment page and not be fooled by copies Sorry willing. If this happens, damage data entered is stored in a database and will be used later.
   4. Include your address in the database of clients to detect any attack using their contact details. Thus, when a phishing attempt to send mail to the entire database, and you will receive such a message and can take immediate action.
   5. If a phishing attack, reacted quickly, posting a notice on the site that has been the subject of attack and close the phishing site hosting provider directly contacting
   6. Contact as soon as customers from the database with messages that highlight it. Advised your clients to take immediate connection with the issuing bank to amend the details of account / card if you acted on false message;
   7. Urged customers to protect, to be careful and use an anti-phishing software. New versions of Microsoft's new IE7 browser and Mozilla Firefox 2 includes anti-phishing modules.

In Romania there is still a dedicated legislative framework to criminalize the activities of phishing, but that any attempted fraud on the Internet, enter the Romanian Police viewfinder. A phishing attack must be reported to competent authorities of the country and the International Association of Anti Phishing Working Group.

DICTIONARY phishing: obtaining confidential data such as data access for applications like banking, trading applications (E-bay, PayPal) or credit card information using techniques to manipulate a person or an institution. A phishing attack consists, usually, by the attacker sending an email using instant messaging programs or the phone, the user is advised to give confidential information to cÃ ¢ Stiga certain awards or be informed they are necessary because of technical errors leading to loss of original data. The email is usually indicated and a web address that contains a copy of the web site of the financial institution or trading. DISCLAIMER

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