A great site for testing your phishing knowledge from Verisign
Thursday, June 16th 2011 @ 6:34 AM (not yet rated)
One of the biggest risks I'm seeing across all industries is Phishing - that is, luring computer users to dangerous websites that attempt to infect your system or steal your identity. It's really getting much harder to recognize not only the links that take you to these sites when you encounter them in emails or on web pages, but what these pages might look like, if you actually end up at one. The sooner you leave the site, the better. But how do you know what they look like?
Verisign has created a great 10 question phishing test that uses side-by-side examples of legitimate vs. phishing sites. You have to look closely to see the sneaky things hackers will do to mimic legitimate websites and trick you into clicking on something in the site, or entering sensitive information like your password - it took me at least 2 minutes to find one of the fakes in the test. So, it's challenging, but very educational.
You can find the site at: https://www.phish-no-phish.com/default.aspx
I highly recommend trying this test yourself, and send your friends, family and co-workers to it, so they can learn about what can tip you off that you're on a fake site.
In the end, Verisign uses the site in a clever way to send a marketing message to visitors. Security folks will be able to guess how, but I think it is quite effective.
Let us know what you think about this test. Did they miss any important tips on how to recognize phishing sites?
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