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Re: [Full-disclosure] [HV-PAPER] Anti-Phishing Tips You Should NotFollow

Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] [HV-PAPER] Anti-Phishing Tips You Should NotFollow
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:42:42 -0500

http://www.hexview.com/sdp/node/24

(Show this article to your computer-illiterate spouse to confuse him/her even more :)

Better yet, do the right thing and implement Tip #4: Go to the secure SSL login page of your bank. Verify the URL. Verify that the SSL certificate was issued to your bank by examining its properties. Now bookmark the SSL page. Tell your computer-illiterate spouse to *always* go to the bank login via favorites with the page you just bookmarked. If there are any popup warnings from the browser [such as from certificate name mismatch], do no log in. This catches all variations of Pharming, man-in-the-middle, and type-alike sites. It offers no protection from local trojans/keyloggers.


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