Phishing Exposed by Lance James (2006, Paperback)

Key Details
Author:	Lance James
Language:	English
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-10:	159749030X
ISBN-13:	9781597490306

Size
Length:	395 pages
Height:	9 in
Width:	7 in
Thickness:	1.2 in
Weight:	20 oz

Publisher's Note
Phishing is a form of fraud perpetrated on the Internet. In its most common form it involves stealing private information from individuals--SSN, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, passwords--and using this information to raid bank accounts and purchase goods. These activities are carried out by international phishing gangs which according to the author "are successfully stealing between 100,000 to 300,000 dollars per month". He then goes on to describe in detail the three classes of phishing: impersonation (e.g. a web site which looks exactly like one's bank, but isn't), forwarding (posing as a trusted source, e.g. eBay, and asking for an email reply containing private information), and popups (windows which popup adjacent to legitimate web sites). There follows detailed technical descriptions of how the Internet is "crawled" for valid email addresses and how phishers hijack browsers, steal cookies, and insert malicious browser code. These activities clearly represent a threat to the future of e-commerce, and the author offers many suggestions which can help hold this activity in check--now and in the future, Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)