In tests, 70% of users could spot a phishing site because it lacked the green marker, says Callan.
The idea: As soon as a phishing site's domain name is identified by an accredited anti-phishing group, disconnect it from the directory--effectively sending it into cyberspace exile.
Redirecting the user might make sense if for example the attacker wanted to send the user to a phishing site to attempt to get the victim to supply their PayPal log-in credentials.
There's an interesting explanation of the origin of the term "phishing" at the Web site for the Anti-Phishing Working Group and it seems to have nothing to do with hippies.
Instead of contacting the Internet service provider or Web host running a site, anti-phishing groups and the more than 40 companies impersonated by the group had to contact the domain registrar in each case to have the domains shut down.
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My first reaction was that this was yet another phishing scam, designed to take me to a site where I would hand over my Twitter credentials like a mug.
Phishing is where criminals masquerade as a legitimate business or Web site and trick victims into revealing passwords, credit card information and other personal data.
Big changes include a phishing finder that alerts people when they stray on to a site that tries to trick them into handing over login details for a bank or other valuable service.
Web sites are layering on more security to fight the common Web scam known as phishing, in which spammers lure people into logging on to a bogus site and steal their user names and passwords.
Technology website Neowin.net said that Windows Live Hotmail was part of a possible phishing hack, and that an anonymous user posted details of the accounts on developer site pastebin.com last Thursday.
The link provided in a phishing e-mail would appear to be legitimate, as it is for the PayPal site.
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