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Nikkei Network

July 2005

FEATURE 1

A Thorough Examination of Phishing Methods and Countermeasures

- Phishing attacks use fake e-mails that appear to come from genuine organizations or look-alike fake websites to steal credit card numbers or personal identification numbers from Internet users. The number of its victims is increasing rapidly in Japan, too.
It has become an enormous problem affecting all those connected to the Internet. Which specific measures can and should be taken?
This article outlines the methods used in phishing scams and explains measures that can be taken against them by users, network administrators, website providers, and other potential victims.


Knowing the modus operandi
- Phishing scams use e-mail as bait and steal via a website linked to that e-mail; both the e-mail and the website are fake

Anti-phishing measures 1: Identifying fake e-mails
- The sources of all e-mails and their website links should be checked
- Dont click on website links in e-mails

Anti-phishing measures 2: Checking websites
- Check whether or not the URL of a website is genuine and whether or not it has SSL protection
- Use free anti-phishing tools available on the Internet


PRODUCT LABORATORY

SSL-VPN Gateways

- SSL-VPN gateways make remote access possible from anywhere without the need to install remote-access software in your PC

- Their scope of application will continue to expand, and their security will be enhanced


FEATURE 2

File Access Manual

- If you put a file in a shared folder of your offices server and make it available in the network, you can share the information in the file with others in your office and they can handle the file as if it were on their own PC.
Its workings are a mystery. This article reveals the mechanism of file access.


Prologue: It is a mystery that you can handle a file as if it were on your own PC even though it is actually on the server

SMB/CIFS: You can send file-operating instructions to a server by converting them into commands

WebDAV: You can add the mechanism of file operation by using the HTTP framework

Boxed Article: File access protocols for non-Windows platforms


 

Nikkei Network

July 2005

FEATURE 1

A Thorough Examination of Phishing Methods and Countermeasures

- Phishing attacks use fake e-mails that appear to come from genuine organizations or look-alike fake websites to steal credit card numbers or personal identification numbers from Internet users. The number of its victims is increasing rapidly in Japan, too.
It has become an enormous problem affecting all those connected to the Internet. Which specific measures can and should be taken?
This article outlines the methods used in phishing scams and explains measures that can be taken against them by users, network administrators, website providers, and other potential victims.


Knowing the modus operandi
- Phishing scams use e-mail as bait and steal via a website linked to that e-mail; both the e-mail and the website are fake

Anti-phishing measures 1: Identifying fake e-mails
- The sources of all e-mails and their website links should be checked
- Dont click on website links in e-mails

Anti-phishing measures 2: Checking websites
- Check whether or not the URL of a website is genuine and whether or not it has SSL protection
- Use free anti-phishing tools available on the Internet


PRODUCT LABORATORY

SSL-VPN Gateways

- SSL-VPN gateways make remote access possible from anywhere without the need to install remote-access software in your PC

- Their scope of application will continue to expand, and their security will be enhanced


FEATURE 2

File Access Manual

- If you put a file in a shared folder of your offices server and make it available in the network, you can share the information in the file with others in your office and they can handle the file as if it were on their own PC.
Its workings are a mystery. This article reveals the mechanism of file access.


Prologue: It is a mystery that you can handle a file as if it were on your own PC even though it is actually on the server

SMB/CIFS: You can send file-operating instructions to a server by converting them into commands

WebDAV: You can add the mechanism of file operation by using the HTTP framework

Boxed Article: File access protocols for non-Windows platforms