Unwary Internet users who click on phishing links could, if they’...
Unwary Internet users who click on phishing links could, if they're lucky, find themselves at an education landing page created by the Anti-Phishing Working Group and Carnegie Mellon University’s Supporting Trust Decisions Project. The working group is encouraging phishing-takedown…
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providers, victimized brand holders and ISPs to use the education landing page when removing a phishing site rather than removing all traces of the site, resulting in a “page not found” message. “We are excited about the opportunity to educate consumers as they are falling victim to a phishing site,” said Laura Mather, managing director of operational policy for the working group. The program is based on a Bank of America effort begun in 2007. It’s based on the idea that people more readily accept information about phishing when they've just dodged a brush with a phisher. “Nobody wants to spend their time taking on-line safety courses,” said Ponnurangam Kumaraguru of Carnegie Mellon. “But we've demonstrated that users are receptive to on-line safety instruction immediately after they fall for a phishing attack and they tend to remember this instruction.”