WHAT IS HACKING

WHAT IS MEANT BY HACKING:-

Hacker is term used by some to mean "a clever programmer" and by others,especially those in popular media, to mean" someone who tries to break into computer systems. In computer networking, hacking is any technical effort to manipulate the normal behavior of network connections and connected systems. A hacker is any persons engaged in hacking The term "hacking" historically referred to constructive clever technical work that was not necessarily related to computer systems. Today however, hacking and hackers are most commonly associated with malicious programming attacks  on the internet and other works " M.I.T engineers in the 1950s and 1960s first popularized the term and concept of hacking".

THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF HACKING IS THERE "PHISHING" IS FAMOUS HACKING BY PHISHING THEY CAN HACK YOUR PASSWORDS LIKE FACEBOOK,G MAIL,BANK ACCOUNTS. AND TRANSFER YOUR BANK ACCOUNT MONEY  INTO THEIR ACCOUNTS 

WHAT IS PHISHING?

The act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

Phishing email will direct the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as a password(LIKE FACEBOOK AND EMAIL), credit card, social security, or bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has. The website, however, is bogus and set up only to steal the information the user enters on the page. 

EXAMPLE OF PHISHING

2003 saw the proliferation of a phishing scam in which users received emails supposedly from eBay claiming that the user's account was about to be suspended unless he clicked on the provided email link and updated the credit card information that the genuine eBay already had. Because it is relatively simple to make a website look like a legitimate organization's site by mimicking the HTML code, the scam counted on people being tricked into thinking they were actually being contacted by eBay and were subsequently going to eBay's site to update their account information.

HOW THEY DO PHISHING?

HOW TO AVOID BEING A VICTIM

• Follow the simple rule of 'if it is too good to be true it normally is'.
• Do not perform transaction on websites opened via email links.
• Ensure your cheque book is kept safe. Do not pass your Cheque book to anyone.
• Do not compromise your ATM PIN, User ID, Password, security documents (such as identity card, legal documents, etc) or other personal identification tags.
• Always ensure that all credit card transactions are performed in front of you. Do not let the card get out of sight.
• Inform Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) if you have lost your identity documents or believe your identity documents could have been compromised (after lodging a police report).
• Always deal directly with your banker or authorized agents. If not sure, check with your banker, authorized agents or relevant authorities.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU SUSPECT FRAUD ?

• RHB Customer Care
  03 - 9206 8118 or 082 - 276 118 (East Malaysia), or emailcustomer.service@rhbgroup.com , if it relates to RHB.
• Polis Diraja Malaysia.
• BNMTELELINK at 1 300 88 5465
• Your banker, if it relates to other banks.
• Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) at 1 300 88 9980.