Study on Phishing Attacks

Abstract

The Internet has a remarkable platform for
common people communication. People with criminal
mind have found a way of stealing personal information
without actually meeting them and with the least risk of
being caught. It`s far known as Phishing. Phishing poses
a big danger to the e-commerce enterprise. Now
not most effective does it shatter
the confidence of clients toward etrade,
but also reasons electronic provider carriers superb eco
nomic loss. Consequently it`s miles critical to realize
approximately phishing. This paper gives awareness
about phishing attacks and brief description about
Shellphish. This tools used to capture user's credentials.