Phishing attack or MITM attack

Phishing attack or MITM attack

Hi there,

The Phishing attack or the MITM most commonly known as the man in the middle attack is a very cunning attack indeed. Here the unsuspecting user is tricked into thinking that the attacker is actually a person representing the site or company that the user is affiliated with. The best way to combat phishing attacks is to look for the clues I mentioned below

• Look for the SSL or the lock icon on the right hand side of the address bar in the browser.
• Do not click on the links in suspicious looking email
• For any sites that you regularly visit, bookmark the link after you typed and visited the link. Use this bookmark in the future to visit that particular site.
• Use anti-phishing software. Some of those include the Netcraft toolbar, or the google toolbar.
• I highly recommend the Netcraft toolbar

Hope that helps