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This is an old page from Rod Begbie's blog.
It only exists in an attempt to prevent linkrot. No new content will be added to this site, and links and images are liable to be broken. Check out begbie.com to find where I'm posting stuff these days.
Filed under 'phishing'
➠ January 5, 2009
➠ October 12, 2008
PayPal phishes itself
A genuine email I received from PayPal directs the user to "SECURE.UNINITIALIZED.REAL.ERROR.COM", an apparently common problem.
Oh, if I were only less scrupulous, I'm sure I could get the funding to purchase error.com
➠ March 8, 2008
➠ April 12, 2007
slight paranoia: A Deceit-Augmented Man In The Middle Attack Against Bank of America's SiteKey Service
Those anti-phishing “pick a photo and a phrase that must be displayed when you login to your bank” systems? Work-aroundable by smart-enough phishers. Wonder where the arms race goes next?
➠ March 26, 2007
➠ February 5, 2007
Study Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective - New York Times
I’ve always suspected that these “Select your image and don’t enter your password if you don’t see it” systems were broken — Asking users to behave differently when something is *missing*, which they’re liable to forget even *existed*, is not security by any stretch.
➠ October 2, 2006
PhishTank | Join the fight against phishing
New open database of user-submitted Phishing URLs. Somewhat reminiscent of Mark Fletcher’s old “Trustic” startup. Not sure how well the submission/validation system will scale, or deal with gaming, but it could be interesting to watch.
➠ February 22, 2006
➠ December 15, 2005
About This Site
This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.
I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.