as the second largest source of world cyber attacks, Indonesia is prone to phishing, which occurs when a scammer or hacker lures a user into revealing personal information, such as a user name and password via a web page or email fake log-in.
By clicking on an interesting link (often something meant to be humorous or sexy) on a . stream diverted or an email can redirect you to an authentic log-in search page that asks you to confirm your name user and password. If you do, the scammers can then use your account, clone and try to get money from your friends. They can also request access to your bank details.
Communications of Indonesia and the Ministry of Information does not provide much information on phishing attacks - instead he seems to care to prevent people from accessing pornography. A search of the ministry website for "phishing" gives a unique result - an old article thirds of the rise of cyber banking scams. The Department promotes Internet safety campaign called Health and INSAN ( Internet Sehat Aman dan ).
US Internet monitoring company Akamai Technologies last year reported that Indonesia had surpassed China as the main source of cyber-attack traffic. Indonesia in previous years accounted for less than 2% of the world's attacks, but in the second quarter of 2013, this figure jumped to 38%. This could simply mean that cyber criminals in other countries have undermined the most unsecure computers in Indonesia and are used to execute dangerous maneuvers.
More recently, Akamai January 28 reported that in the third quarter of 2013, Indonesia has dropped to second place with 20% of the observed attacks. More than half of all recorded attacks generated by China and Indonesia.
Indonesian pirates have recently demonstrated their prowess with attacks on Australian sites, amid a wave of nationalistic fervor sparked by revelations that Australia had several years ago tried to exploit phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his inner circle.
There is little outrage when the means Indonesians are phished. In the days before 'Closed Group "The function of ., many people communicated in networks via Yahoo Groups, an online discussion forum service, which has existed for over a decade.
A group of women in Jakarta several years ago formed a Yahoo group to discuss their shared hobby. The group was "closed", meaning that it had strictly limited, so that the women thought they were safe from the outside. Members described the group as a "third place" outside of work and family where they could support each other. Over the years, they built an absolute trust, but they do not know much day to day activities of each, as that was in or out of town, or the details of the work and families.
During a long holiday weekend, a member of the group posted a message that began: "Hello everyone, I am a promotional ticket and am now in Italy Unfortunately my door. -monnaie, tickets, all my cards and passports were stolen, and I am now at the police station, and I need some money to survive until the issue is resolved. "
There was a detailed explanation of the flight, followed by: "please if someone can transfer this money, 700 -1000 Euro in my account, please do so . I will repay you when I am home in a week. "a bank account number has been included at the end of the message.
The sender claimed to be unable to communicate with parents for help because they were on holiday too. The message was written so naturally that others thought it may be genuine. Some considered providing assistance, but the high amount of funds requested has caused suspicion. "I immediately responded to this email, asking him to contact me personally," said one member. "And then I found her number and called her she took the phone and said she remembered;... His voice sounded very strange I remember how I felt anxious while awaiting his appeal He proved it seemed strange because she spoke from the basement parking in Jakarta! "
Women account email had been phished. Many of his friends, relatives and work customers had received the email begging for funds transfer.
If you receive an online request for money from a friend or relative, contact them first by telephone to check the message is authentic. And if your . account or email was phished, and then immediately change your password and alert all relevant institutions that your information may have been stolen.