Victor's Blog about the Web, Security and Life

The web for me is a hobby where standards and best practices are daily bread. Security is a concern that everybody must be aware of its details for IT in general, and the web in particular, to be a safer place. My life, on the other hand, is that of a regular Lebanese citizen where politics and social issues are discussed on a daily basis. I hope you enjoy reading my blog and make sure to drop me a comment about any topic you find interesting.

A Nice Try Dangerous for Security Beginners!

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victor | 01 December, 2005 10:48

Many emails are sent daily claiming that a certain website is another website. This usually occurs the most with Paypal.com (a website that I sometimes use to accept payments). Intruders will send emails holding Paypal logos asking users to verify their account. The link (a normal HTML link) shows paypal.com as the destination while, in fact, they are being redirected to another website with the word paypal in it somewhere. This is a normal thing by now and many advisories were issued out asking people not to trust such emails.

Today, however, an interesting attempt was made from another website called www.usaa.com. This attempt was different in its approach to provide trust to the user. How? (More)

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