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Phishing Attacks in Mobile Platforms

Phishing Attacks in Mobile Platforms
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Author(s): Thangavel M. (Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India), Yaamine A. M. (Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India)and Nandhini J. T. (Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 19
Source title: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3473-1.ch084

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Abstract

On facing this fast-moving world every bit of the world is leading by technology. Mobile phones are the major part of our day to day life. Mobile platforms are said to be the hardware and software environment for laptops, tablets, smartphones and also for other portable devices. Mobile operating systems and browsers lack secure application identity indicators, so the user cannot always identify whether a link takes to the expected application. Phishing is a most popular attack and it gets targeted mostly at financial organizations. It is a type of online theft where the sensitive information is obtained by redirecting the victim to malicious websites. This chapter discusses about Phishing attacks in Mobile Platforms.

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