Phishing for security 19a and 19b

In the world where we now live in there is the use of Internet which has so many advantages such as allows communication over great distances and therefore saves time and money. However Internet has also provided the society a problem of being victims to online abuse, computer hacking and hackers acquiring sensitive information and these issues all fall under the category of phishing.

As a result I believe that everyone who uses the internet is responsible for their internet security. The ways to protect yourself when on internet are:
Use caution when you click on links.
Never accept to communicate with anonymous people online.
Do not allow social networking services to scan your e-mail address book.
Use personal bookmarks when going on a social site.
Be selective of who you accept friendships with on social sites.
Talk to children about social networking.
Be careful about installing extra software on your site.

These days many online shops have been established such as Ebay and other companies. These online shops save time for clients but they also have their disadvantages. If vendors or the online shop owners do not put measures in order that make sure that information about clients is protected, hackers can try to acquire sensitive information so as to gain credit of the clients resulting in lack of trust between the vendors and their clients. As a result clients can move away and result in lack of business procedures for these vendors and eventually forcing them to close down their businesses and look for other alternatives in life. Therefore the online security of clients from phishing should be something that should be taken seriously to keep online shops alive.

I believe that vendors or online shop owners can protect their online clients from phishing in so many ways. Firstly the vendors could create accounts for all their customers and that the clients have the right to know where these online shops are situated and their contact details. The vendors could give their clients the option to pay through the online shop's account number and all the vendors are allowed to know about the clients is name, address and phone number. The vendors could also provide an alternative for their clients that is based on the issue of cash on delivery. If there is the use of cash on delivery clients do not have to submit any account details but as they receive their product they pay cash and phishing cannot occur because there are no passwords or bank account numbers needed.

Vendors can also improve online security by even having information/tips of how to protect phishing on their websites. Vendors can also improve online security by refusing to advertise some unknown companies or advertisements on their websites made by anonymous people. For example, advertisements that tell you that you are the 100 millionth visitor of a website and that you have won a price are some of those applications that require online users to enter personal information such as an bank account number so as to have the price money put in your account. With the knowledge that there are hackers out there I believe that online vendors should never publish promotions/advertisements on their websites from anonymous people as they might end up the source of crime(phishing) that can ruin business procedures.