Section I of the Research Proposal Project: The Research Problem
PHISHING
Problem statement:
Phishing is still a problem in the field of cyber security. Every day we came to know about cyber crimes which are affecting the lives of the common man. Many of the people still do not know the importance of sharing their sensitive details to any body and cyber criminals always target the innocent people who do not know about it. These are many complaints which are registered with the cyber crime handling departments in the police station that people have been suffered because of the fraud done by the criminals online(Tambre, 2013). Phishing has different methods in which they manipulate people to get the sensitive informations about them like username, account details, OTP numbers for online transactions, credit card details and etc. So it is still a big problem which is needed to be solved by taken certain strict actions by the Information andTelecommunication department of the central government.
Purpose statement:
The main purpose for this is to find the effective solutions to stop the scams online. Phishing is considered as an online scam which is done by the cyber criminals and hackers to gain the financial benefits by looting from the common and innocent people by getting their sensitive details. Proper knowledge about the kind of Phishing scam that can be done by the criminals should be given to every citizen like banks are already doing it by sending the SMS or texts to the people in different languages and also online users should also know how phishing mail can affect their financial belongings (Bhutt, 2011).
Research questions:
The research question which can be built after having a keep look over the sensitivity of the topic that: -
1)What is the intent of doing phishing?
2)What are the possible steps that have been proposed by the specialist to handle the problem?
3)What are the better ways that the knowledge should be provided to common and innocent people to not to get trapped in the phishing scams?
4)What are the kinds of links on the mails can prove as a phishing mails?
5)How do the reports against the criminals can be launched quickly if any kind of scam happens?
6)How the police department will able to trace the criminals?
7)Does firewall can protect the phishing mails to get entered into the secured environment or the local environment?
Significance of the study:
The significance of this study is to make people aware that phishing is scam and be aware of sharing any kind of sensitive information related to account or credits card or debit card details. This knowledge to the innocent and unknown people, help them in stopping and get suffered from the post effects of the phishing scams. Some kind of software should be produced to find the phishing mails by online companies like if take the example of Plagiarism software which detect the copied portion in the article quite effective. Providing the basic knowledge and steps to not to go for phishing mails and phone calls (Edmundo, 2013).
Why I choose this research topic:
The main reason of choosing this topic is that I have also suffered from the problem and trapped in the phishing scam and I know after losing a huge about of hard earned money how it is difficult to cover-up and earn that money again by doing hard work. I don’t want any other person to suffer from the same problem like I did. On the other hand, from the technological point of view there is very less research done on the topic. As this topic need a deep research and effective solutions.
References:
1)Ma, Qingxiong. "The process and characteristics of phishing attacks: A small international trading company case study."Journal of Technology Research4 (2013): 1.
2)Oliveira, Edmundo. "Globalization, Cyberspace and Organized Crime via the Internet."Criminology and Criminal Policy Movements(2013): 389.
3)Singh, Aryan Chandrapal, Kiran P. Somase, and Keshav G. Tambre. "Phishing: A Computer Security Threat."International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies1.7 (2013).
4)Bhutt, S. C. "Study of Indian Banks Websites for Cyber Crime Safety Mechanism."International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications2.10 (2011).
Section II of the Research Proposal Project: Literature Review
PHISHING
Ma, Qingxiong. "The process and characteristics of phishing attacks: A small international trading company case study." Journal of Technology Research 4 (2013): 1
The author in the article ‘the process and characteristics of phishing attacks: A small international trading company case study’ stated the characteristics and other process of phishing for small organizations. Phishing is one of the latest threats which are being used by hackers to steal information/passwords from users. Hacker creates a similar looking web page for a popular website; and when user enters the information in this fake page; the information is transmitted to the hacker; causing loss to the user. The stages of phishing attacks like clone phishing; target searching, spoofing, twin phishing, manipulating, and controlling are identified in an effective manner. This study provides study material for security of emails from any phishing attack.
Oliveira, Edmundo. "Globalization, Cyberspace and Organized Crime via the Internet." Criminology and Criminal Policy Movements (2013): 389.
In this Article ‘Globalization, Cyberspace and Organized Crime via the Internet’ the author mentions that how the cybercrimes are organized in cyberspace over the globe. Cyber-crime rates are accelerating and computer forensics is the crucial discipline that has the power to impede the progress of these cyber criminals. There is a widespread use of personal computers in businesses and homes. Companies are exchanging more information online than ever before, and high-tech crimes are increasing at a rapid rate. This creates more of a need for crime investigators to have access to computer based information. There is an increased awareness in the legal community of the need for computer forensic services to obtain successful prosecutions which could otherwise fail because of unsatisfactory equipment, procedures, or presentation in court.
Singh, Aryan Chandrapal, Kiran P. Somase, and Keshav G. Tambre. "Phishing: A Computer Security Threat." International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies 1.7 (2013
In the article ‘Phishing: A Computer Security Threat’ the main idea of the research is why phishing is a security threat to cyber world. Phishing is one of the latest threats which are being used by hackers to steal information/passwords from users. Hacker creates a similar looking web page for a popular website; and when user enters the information in this fake page; the information is transmitted to the hacker; causing loss to the user. Encryption and secured socket layers are the best way suggested by author from any of the phishing attack. Encryption is one of best way to keep away the unauthorized access from the confidential data.
Bhutt, S. C. "Study of Indian Banks Websites for Cyber Crime Safety Mechanism." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 2.10 (2011).
In the Article ‘Study of Indian Banks Websites for Cyber Crime Safety Mechanism’ the author referred here that what is the need safety mechanism in Indian bank websites. Password encryption, virtual keyboard, SMS alerts and user awareness programs are suggested for this protection by the author.
REFERENCES:
Bhutt, S. C. "Study of Indian Banks Websites for Cyber Crime Safety Mechanism." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 2.10 (2011).
Ma, Qingxiong. "The process and characteristics of phishing attacks: A small international trading company case study." Journal of Technology Research 4 (2013): 1.
Oliveira, Edmundo. "Globalization, Cyberspace and Organized Crime via the Internet." Criminology and Criminal Policy Movements (2013): 389.
Singh, Aryan Chandrapal, Kiran P. Somase, and Keshav G. Tambre. "Phishing: A Computer Security Threat." International Journal of Advance Research in Computer Science and Management Studies 1.7 (2013).