[pchelpers] News:Scientists Fight Phishing With Phishing

Published: Oct 3, 2007
by Staff

U.S. researchers have found that tricking people into visiting
educational Web sites by phishing techniques teaches them to avoid
phishing attempts. 

Phishing is the act of tricking computer users into divulging
confidential information that can be used in identity theft. 

Phishing attacks have become a common method used to steal such personal
information as bank account numbers and passwords. But Carnegie Mellon
University Associate Professor Lorrie Cranor said phishing often is
successful because people ignore materials that otherwise might help
them recognize such frauds. 

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http://www.postchronicle.com/news/science/article_212107131.shtml

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