Dissecting Phish - Hook, Line and Sinker

Overview

This paper describes about phishing. In computing, phishing (also known as carding and spoofing) is the act of attempting to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business with a real need for such information in a seemingly official electronic notification or message The term phishing comes from the fact that Internet scammers are using increasingly sophisticated lures as they "Fish" for users' financial information and password data.