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Phishing For Savvy Users
Scott Granneman, 2004-11-01

Recent "phishing" episodes, and two new browser vulnerabilities, show how the bad guys are tricking people into exposing their passwords and bank accounts. Couldn't happen to tech-savvy users, right? Unless you consider how entire nations have been fooled.

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Phishing For Savvy Users 2004-11-02
Anonymous
As mentioned in an article linked from this site, "many of the most-damaging security penetrations are, and will continue to be, due to social engineering". That goes hand in hand with the bad browsing habits. The folks, who answer the phone and give their passwords or click on the attachments of "R...

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