0 What is Phishing in Network Security?

Phishing

Some unreliable site gets your information (passwords, bank account details, etc) without your knowledge.
Mostly phishing is done by, sending emails to the users, which will be claimed to be sent by your bank or some other reliable sites.
Most of the Phishing websites can easily be filtered using Phishing Filters.
Phishing Filters are available in Internet Explorer 7.0 and Mozilla FireFox.
To enable Phishing Filters option, click Tools, then Phishing Filter. With this option enabled, if any Phishing site is found, IE and Mozilla displays a warning icon in the status bar which means that the site may be unsafe.