SCAMS: Malware & Phishing
-
Upload
nicole-finch -
Category
Documents
-
view
31 -
download
2
description
Transcript of SCAMS: Malware & Phishing
![Page 1: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
SCAMS: Malware & Phishing
By Rachel Gaines
![Page 2: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Nearly 50 percent of the potential victims—people
who click on an email link—occur within the first 24
hours of the mass mailing.
![Page 3: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Topics
• Malware• Phishing
![Page 4: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Malware
• Software used to cause harm• How to tell if you have malware
– Repeated error messages– Computer wont turn on or shut down
– Lots of random pop-ups
![Page 5: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Phishing
• Fraudsters steal personal information• How to avoid getting hooked
– Use anti-virus and anti-spyware software– Don’t email financial information– Be cautious about opening any
attachments
![Page 6: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Review
• Malware• Phishing
![Page 7: SCAMS: Malware & Phishing](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022072014/56812cd4550346895d91920f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Cited
• On Guard Online, “Phishing” [http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/phishing.aspx]
• On Guard online, “Malware” [http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/malware.aspx]
• Statistics, [http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Phishing-Statistics/]