Re: Nordea Sweden shuts Internet banking due to targeted phishing

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Craig Webster wrote:

> Hi,
> > > > That WON'T WORK because it relies on TRAINING USERS, which CANNOT BE DONE.
> > > Instead, let's try selective breeding. Avoid the phishing scam or we'll 
> > > cut your bits off. :)
> > That will work, but will take several million years
>
> Hmm good point. Still, it's the most cost-effective solution I've found 
> so far. All it requires is a knife after all.
 
You have to pay the knife-wielder, and this has to be funded over several 
million years - it's cheaper to redesign the system so that it's hugely 
more difficult to compromise.

Actually - natural selection will actually work just fine. Those banks
that adapt and use more secure systems will have a competitive advantage
over the banks that don't, and that's all you need to drive the
evolutionary process for the banks.

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