Phishing attacks on the rise - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 1st Oct 2007, 12:13

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10..._on_the_rise/1

In order to help combat the rise in phishing attacks across the web, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an educational game called Anti-Phishing Phil.

leexgx · 1st Oct 2007, 16:47

this program should work very well for norm users as well

mattthegamer463 · 1st Oct 2007, 19:29

I suck at it, thats all I know. Some are easy when its an obvious IP in the address, but how do I know Citibanking.net is not real? I don't use citibank, how would I know their actual URL is citibank.com?

Its a good concept, but its too childish and tries to simplify rooting out phishing sites to the point that it makes it difficult to do so.

Bladestorm · 1st Oct 2007, 20:14

I like the idea, most of my few failures came down to not knowing the corporations involved also.

Sim0n · 1st Oct 2007, 22:27

I suck at it, thats all I know. Some are easy when its an obvious IP in the address, but how do I know Citibanking.net is not real? I don't use citibank, how would I know their actual URL is citibank.com?

If you dont use citybank website, you'd be damn foolish to go logging into it without thinking ? id you DO use citybank, you would know the domain.

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1st Oct 2007, 22:27	#5
Sim0n Ahhh Jimlad Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 1,109	I suck at it, thats all I know. Some are easy when its an obvious IP in the address, but how do I know Citibanking.net is not real? I don't use citibank, how would I know their actual URL is citibank.com? If you dont use citybank website, you'd be damn foolish to go logging into it without thinking ? id you DO use citybank, you would know the domain.