Dear Friends,
Today while surfing orkut, i got a scrap from an anonymous person. It said...
Finding it to be harmless, i clicked on the given link, finding it little weird that even while being logged onto google servers, i'm still being asked for the password. Moreover, since the URL was googlepages, it shouldn't have been.
I am using Mozilla Firefox and right clicked on the page to check the
page info, where i caught the following thing.
As u can see that with a slight application of logic and common sense, one is able to detect that the page (having a hidden property) was mailed from darfun.net.tc, showing that this is a fake orkut login page and when u submit the password, it would be sent to sonia_khanna (all are hidden values in the page)
This is precisely what
PHISHING is.
Phishing involves making fake login pages and stealing passwords from the unaware users. A lot of sites are being subjected to such hypocrisy. Yahoo has currently added a page identification mark, which enables a text or an image on the page, so that when u enter the password, u not you're not becoming a victim of phishing. Such things are very common when it comes to
financial sites, bank sites, etc. Hence u must be very careful while doing
internet banking, entering ur credit card numbers, etc.
I am not sure whether the profile holder is actually a girl named 'Ananya'. It can be anyone.
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So, my kind request to u, is to be careful while clicking any link. Please make sure that u don't click any unknown links and if u've doubt, then don't. If its really urgent, then maybe u can keep a spare profile and check with its help.
In case, u've clicked any such suspicious links, then immediately change ur password and delete all the cookies from ur browser.
Do report any such activities to google.
Most importantly, maintain long passwords which are difficult to hack and secondary email addresses from where u can retrieve/renew your password. Its better to write down your account information in a diary, etc. so that you have the requisite info, like secret question and answer whenever u require. |
I request u to kindly, report the following profile as dangerous to google, stating relevant reason. You could also send the attached message (which is also available in the next post) to google and ask them to ban the IP of this hacker.
This is the profile of the hacker
(
http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?ui...96288713985146 )
Finally just be careful while browsing.
Wish u a safe net-surfing.
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