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Re: [Full-Disclosure] New Attack on Secure Browsing
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- Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] New Attack on Secure Browsing
- From: Lyndon <lyndons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:26:42 +1200
This thread is simply ludicrous.
JAT> This is Social Engineering, and a damn fine example!
JAT> This is in fact a pretty good fake-out: I'm sorry I didn't think of it
JAT> myself.
JAT> The obvious use here is in phishing expeditions: people *expect* that
JAT> little lock to be somewhere on the screen, but how many of them would
JAT> think "oh. it's in the wrong place - it's fake."? Far too few I'm
JAT> afraid.
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