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ISEA Newsletter - Apr , May and June '09

Apr 02, 2009

Information Security Education & Awareness

"Generate information security awareness among Indian citizens to enable them to participate safely in Information Society"

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Wednesday, 01April 2009

Vol. 01, Issue 01

Recent Updates

Social Engineering

Social Engineering is an approach to gain access to information through misrepresentation. It is the conscious manipulation of people to obtain information without realizing that a security breach is occurring.

To Read More: Click Here

Latest VIRUS - Worm:Psybot. What to do ?

It has been observed that a worm Win32/waledac is circulating widely. This worm arrives as attachment to email messages (The email attachment has the name ecard.exe or postcatrd.exe) spammed by another malware or a malicious user. It may be downloaded from certain remote sites.

For more details: Click Here

Tips to avoid Phishing

Make it a policy never to respond to emails or pop-ups that ask for your personal or financial information, click on links in the message, or call phone numbers given in the message.
Don't cut and paste a link from the message into your Web browser, phishers can make links look like they go one place, but then actually take you to a look-alike site.
If you are concerned about your account, contact the organization using a phone number you know to be genuine, or open a new Internet browser session and type in the company's correct Web address yourself.
Using latest browser IE7, Firefox 3, enable phishing filters
Using anti-virus and anti-spyware software and a firewall, and keeping them up to date
If you receive an unexpected e-mail saying your account will be shut down unless you confirm your billing information, do not reply or click any links in the e-mail body
Before submitting financial information through a Web site, look for the "lock" icon on the browser's status bar. It means your information is secure during transmission.