full-disclosure - New Attack on Secure Browsing

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Message-ID: <1928456494.20040716142642@paradise.net.nz>
From: lyndons at paradise.net.nz (Lyndon)
Subject: New Attack on Secure Browsing

This thread is simply ludicrous.

JAT> This is Social Engineering, and a damn fine example!

JAT> This is in fact a pretty good fake-out: I'm sorry I didn't think of it
JAT> myself.

JAT> The obvious use here is in phishing expeditions: people *expect* that
JAT> little lock to be somewhere on the screen, but how many of them would
JAT> think "oh.  it's in the wrong place - it's fake."?  Far too few I'm
JAT> afraid.