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Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"?
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:38:41 -0500 (CDT)
I guess I'm in kiddie flaming mood this week. About time too, been a while.
I believe the industry coined up "phishing" to make more money out of social engineering. Its obvious now that both are over lapping. Only the other day Gadi Evron was trying to coin up a phrase for "voice phishing". Why can't we cut to the chase and drop the (ph)rases and call it straight forward SOCIAL ENGINEERING.
Hey there n3td3v team. I actually agree with you. Terming things with new names all the time is very annoying. Pharming is one good example. I guess when the annual revenuw from phishing for the mafia gets to 2 Billion USD, things get their own names. Thing is, I didn't term "Vishing". Wish I did, it's cute and to the point. Let call it a sym link to "Phishing +phone". Let me tell you a short story, though. It's about arguing on the colour of bits. Ever heard of a guy (sorry, group) called n3td3v? :) I didn't either. Why do people need nicknames?! We all have names right!@ Well, I suppose we need 10 different users to digg stories with. It's like the other guy responding here thought security is all about vulnerabilities, social engineering and some other silly thing. If you really have to simplify, than try and rise above Hacking Exposed. Security is about Trust. :) Oh, and BTW - I have two tasks for you: 1. Learn to read. 2. Learn to search Google. Gadi. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
Current thread:
- Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? n3td3v (Jun 28)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? mikeiscool (Jun 28)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Saeed Abu Nimeh (Jun 28)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Wesley McGrew (Jun 28)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Schanulleke (Jun 28)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Gadi Evron (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? n3td3v (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? security curmudgeon (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? n3td3v (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? n3td3v (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? mikeiscool (Jun 28)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? GroundZero Security (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Gadi Evron (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? teh kids (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? neil davis (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Bill Weiss (Jun 29)
- Re: Are consumers being misled by "phishing"? Neil Davis (Jun 29)