[kwlug-disc] Password scam

[William Park]

Because of all the hype about "security", people are getting used to
signing in.  You have to sign in for everything and anything, not just
for the first time, but also after timeout.  You have sign in even to
send a resume, for crying out loud.  So, this scam becames easy bait for
unsuspecting people.
-- 
William

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 03:49:41PM -0400, Chris Craig wrote:
> I know _lots_ of people who wouldn't even know why the picture was
> being shown, or would notice if it was missing. Any security measure
> relying on the user to know that it's a security measure to work is
> doomed.
> 
> On 22 October 2014 15:40, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
> > On 22/10/14 03:32 PM, William Park wrote:
> >>
> >> This is one of better scam I've seen.  It redirects you to a page to get
> >> you to "sign" in, thus collecting your email address and password.
> >>
> >> The best scam (which someone fell for) was exact duplicate of TD Bank's
> >> site.  Looking at the page, you wouldn't suspect at all, especially if
> >> you were busy, forgot to sign off, or left computer for awhile.
> >
> >
> > MBNA has a neat feature.
> >
> > When you sign up, you choose a picture. Then they show you that picture on
> > the login screen. If you don't see the picture, you assume its a fake and
> > don't enter your credentials.
> >
> > Rather ingenious.
> >
> > --
> > Digimer
> > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/
> > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without
> > access to education?
> >
> >
> >
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