Studies by Gartner and the UK's Association of Payment and Clearing Services say that phishing is getting worse rather than better — despite increased user awareness — because the hackers are targeting people with higher incomes. So how do you protect yourself and your company? Instruct employees never to respond to e-mails looking for personal information, never follow a link to a bank's Web site — type the address in — and always keep an eye out for suspicious activity on your accounts. Besides being careful, it's also important to have a secure browser, of course. Which browser is best depends on whom you ask, but the new versions of IE and Firefox both have phishing filters. Finally, be sure you have invested in appropriate anti-phishing software.
In order to protect yourself against phishing you should never click on unverified links in e-mails, pop-up ads or on other unknown sites; maintain and run updated virus, firewall, browser, spyware and security software on your computer. Review your Internet and e-mail software's security settings and be cautious about opening e-mail attachments from unknown parties or downloading files from unverified locations. Many of these files contain spyware or key-logging programs that can send information back to a malicious site.
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