Thursday, 26 September 2013

Weekly Technology Tip - "Spoofing" and "Phishing" Emails


E-Mail Spoofing is the biggest threat now-a-days because anybody can send you an e-mail saying “You have won millions of dollars” or “You are hired by MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, or FACEBOOK, etc”. It is also used in phishing as attacker can send you an e-mail saying that anybody sends you a friend request and you just click on it and it asks for login-id and password and instantaneously obtaining your confidential information. It could be serious issue if scammer does this with an intention of hacking your accounts.

“Spoofing” and “Phishing” Emails – How it is done?

Note: This is for education purpose only. Do not commit any cyber crime.

Step 1: Go to link http://emkei.cz/ .

Step 2: Enter the From Name field. For example: Mail from “Microsoft” .

Step 3: Enter the From E-mail field. For example: billgates@microsoft.com .

Step 4: Enter the E-mail id you want to send the in To field. For example abcabc@gmail.com.

Step 5: Enter the Subject field. For example: Microsoft hires you.

Step 6: Upload any file you want or just leave it.

Step 7: Enter the text that you want to enter in Text field. For Example: Just Joking.

Step 8: Enter the right captcha and send it.

This is how spoofing is done. You can also track whether the mail you received is from true sender or not !!

Read more about How to identify a Phishing or Spoofing Emails

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