UK: Phishing Education 'Doesn't Work'

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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And so it begins -- the shifting of the responsibility to the
customer...

Via PC Advisor (UK).

[snip]

The failure of customers to secure their own money during internet
transactions could potentially lead banks to pass off the responsibility of
financial losses back to the customer.

User education for online banking customers on how to avoid phishing scams
has failed, according to Paul Henry, senior vice president of Secure
Computing. This form of commonsense defence has failed to work time and
time again, he added.

[snip]

More:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8338

- - ferg

p.s. Also, be sure to keep an eye open for new scams, spam, and
malware using social engineering methods w.r.t. the death of
Anna Nicole Smith.

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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