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UK: Phishing Education 'Doesn't Work'
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 00:16:26 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And so it begins -- the shifting of the responsibility to the customer... Via PC Advisor (UK). [snip] The failure of customers to secure their own money during internet transactions could potentially lead banks to pass off the responsibility of financial losses back to the customer. User education for online banking customers on how to avoid phishing scams has failed, according to Paul Henry, senior vice president of Secure Computing. This form of commonsense defence has failed to work time and time again, he added. [snip] More: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8338 - - ferg p.s. Also, be sure to keep an eye open for new scams, spam, and malware using social engineering methods w.r.t. the death of Anna Nicole Smith. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFFy71Uq1pz9mNUZTMRAnzQAJ4uEywxHejAE726fqXiVvR9R3wBHACeL7bo CVLSJnxxZaszEm6s/Re2xXY= =zYFu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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