The attacker can view any private information and can alter your transactions. In this particular attack you sign into the website and start working entirely unaware that all the information exchanged between you and the website is being passed on to the attacker. Man-in-the-middle is an advanced variation of Phishing and Pharming attacks.
By grabbing your sign-in credentials and other sensitive information and sending them to an attacker, keyloggers enable an attacker to login to your accounts, impersonate you and initiate fraudulent transactions. each time you type something on the keyboard) and then sends this information to the attacker. Once you arrive at the fraudulent website and try to sign in, the attacker grabs your login credentials and can now use them to login to the real website, impersonate you and initiate fraudulent transactions.Ī keylogger is a malicious software that hides itself inside your computer.
The attack accomplishes this using various techniques such as infecting your desktop with malware or by compromising servers in your ISP's network. As soon as you try to sign into the phishing website, the attacker grabs your login credentials and can use them to login to the real website, impersonate you and initiate fraudulent transactions.Ī pharming attack is when the attacker causes your computer to go to the fraudulent website each time you type a real website's name in your web browser address bar. When you arrive at the phishing website you mistakenly believe that this is the real website. The attacker then lures you to visit the phishing website (for example by sending you a fraudulent email). Trusteer Rapport protects against:Ī phishing attack is when the attacker builds a phony website (the phishing site) that looks exactly like a website you know and trust (for example your bank's website). Trusteer Rapport is an added layer of security against malware that your anti-virus software may not detect.
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