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Hi everyone,

I have to do research on 'phishing' for a Uni presentation, and was wondering if anybody had any thoughts/ideas concerning it that I could use as information...

For those of you that don't know what 'phishing' is, check out this link...[url]http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=982216489&fp=2&fpid=523913…]

Submitted by alia on Thu, 11/03/04 - 2:53 AMPermalink

Isnt it funny that they have to come up with a new word for it.. I wonder why social engineering isnt used.. Probably because its not so "Buzzworthy"..

If you want some good info on the techniques in general - try searches for social engineering. Specifically I would look at old Phrack issues. [url]http://www.phrack.org/[/url]

Or you could lookup all the spam ppls.. they use lots of the same techniques to harvest email addresses.

Submitted by CombatWombat on Thu, 11/03/04 - 6:28 AMPermalink

Well if you send me your credit card details... ;->

Umm.

There should be a fair bit of news on how ANZ, Commonwealth etc bank scams were done around on the web.

Google is your friend here! :)

Submitted by Kane on Thu, 11/03/04 - 7:04 AMPermalink

ive actually got all the info i need, just wanted some general thoughts from people...extra stuff to impress tutorial teachers...[:D]

baha...i dont even have a credit card!...[;)]

Submitted by Shplorb on Thu, 11/03/04 - 9:08 PMPermalink

This was on Slashdot yesterday:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/10/0156200

Maybe you could rig up a demo using one of the techniques described?

Submitted by souri on Thu, 11/03/04 - 11:06 PMPermalink

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-Phishing!!

Submitted by Kane on Fri, 12/03/04 - 12:37 AMPermalink

haha

Submitted by alia on Fri, 12/03/04 - 9:48 PMPermalink

*chuckle* Looks like someone I know is going for a bit of FUD while he can! :P) - hope it works! OTPs rule.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39148259,00.htm