Identity Theft Check

The internet is practically in every home in Britten and online purchases becoming more and more common. Below I have compiled a short list of the different ways an id thief can steal your identity to help reduce the effects and increase knowledge of the various forms of online fraud.
Key logging – key logging is the process where a piece of hardware or software is installed on a user’s computer to capture all the key strokes made on the computer keyboard in the hope of gaining inputted usernames, pass words and banking information.
Website Pharming - Website Pharming is where a hacker will break into a legitimate site and redirect traffic to an identical looking fake site of their own making to try and get users to submit their personal details.
Viruses, Trojans, dialers and malicious software – these are generally programs that are designed to capture information or cause harm to a user’s computer and can contain smaller programs such as key loggers and browser hijacking scripts that redirect users to Pharming and Phishing sites.