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Phishing

Phishing is an activity carried out through email, with a fraudulent intention. Phishers (those who carry out these spoofing activities) make use of some well known websites and send emails that looks legitimate for the recipient. These perpetrators ask for sensitive information such as user id, password, account information, etc., in order to update their user accounts at the relevant website.

The recipient, not knowing the intention of the mail and believing that it has come from the trusted source, parts with the sensitive data and thereby expose themselves into problems.

Malware

Malware is an abbreviation or "brevity code" for the term "malicious software." The only safe assumption is to treat all unwanted code as "malicious." While viruses and worms are the most obvious forms of malware, "unwanted code" describes a broad range of software that potentially violates an organization’s security policy. Malware is not always dangerous, but it is intrusive and irritating.

There are a few weapons we all have that can prevent a lot of Malware from ever coming into contact with your computer; things like: Knowledge, Common sense, and Caution.

Spyware

Spyware is defined as a program that secretly monitors your actions on your computer. Any data collection program that gathers information about you and relays it to advertisers and/or other interested parties falls under this Internet jargon.

Spyware is any software that employs a user's Internet connection in the background (the so-called "backchannel") without their knowledge or explicit permission.