Re: [Full-Disclosure] New Attack on Secure Browsing

["Daniel Hedblom" <daniel.hedblom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed, talk about dry news day...
Most people dont even know what that padlock is anyway.

Daniel

> This thread is simply ludicrous.
>
>
> JAT> This is Social Engineering, and a damn fine example!
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> JAT> This is in fact a pretty good fake-out: I'm sorry I didn't think of
> it
> JAT> myself.
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> JAT> The obvious use here is in phishing expeditions: people *expect* that
> JAT> little lock to be somewhere on the screen, but how many of them would
> JAT> think "oh.  it's in the wrong place - it's fake."?  Far too few I'm
> JAT> afraid.
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