Google jumps on the bandwagon Phishing

How much do you trust the information obtained from the Internet? Better yet, how about the e-mail you receive? With identity theft rising out of control it would be well off to say "almost never, ever," It 'got to the point, Google is throwing his hat into the ring as far as trying to get the word out about phishing.

Social engineering is a broad term for criminals that the team together to steal the identity of people. Phishing is just one facet of this was born around 1996 with AOL users trying to pose as employees' verification of user accounts. Today rampid runs between social sites like MySpace and Face book, but has also hit the world of high executive. In early April 2009, SANS Internet Storm Center has warned that heads of some companies are receiving phishing emails that are based on fake federal subpoenas. First, subpoenas are not sent by e-mail, but Matt Richard, director of rapid response for security firm iDefense estimates that about 1,800 officers - or 10% of the total that received the attack - has fallen for it and responded.

On April 29, 2008, Ian Fette (Google Security Team), written the way to get hooked every day. Predators masquerading as banks, merchants, payment services, and even governments to trick people into visiting a website that looks like the original, but it is only there to collect valuable personal information. He knew that things are wrong with phishing and pharming, when Google is involved, because after all, Google makes their money from the people 'trust' the Internet. If the faith of injured, stop clicking on Google ads running in their browser and search applications can provide a safer online interaction.

I'm writing this at the end of April 2009 and by the time you read it, thousands and thousands of innocent people have fallen prey to these identity thieves. A preventive measure is to never click on a link that leads to your bank. Manually type in the URL in the address bar ... Make sure it is a secure site with "https://" in front of it ... Use an updated browser, like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera or phishing, which includes filters that allow you to spot potential phishing attacks.

The point is, just like you to stay aware of your surroundings while walking down the street, pay attention to what comes across your computer screen. Because a thief from the middle of the whole world can come right into your home and do more damage then a mugger in Central Park .......