Question

how is phishing harmful ? how can a user protect himself?

Answer 1

Phishing is harmful because if we became prone to this even our confidential bank information wolud be at risk.

We can protect ourself by being aware of the url of the site we are visiting.

Suppose for example,

abc.com is a orginal banking site but if we get the same interface on xyz.com % chances are there that is a fake website which can hamper our security