Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Passwords to more than 10,000 Hotmail accounts were recently posted online. This is not the lone phishing scheme in recent months as hackers continuously ‘phish’ for personal, sensitive information.
Phishing or brand spoofing is a technique used by hackers to gain access to vital information from gullible Internet users. Hackers are cyber criminals who fool users into revealing information about themselves such as bank account numbers, passwords, credit card data and other financial data.