internetnews.com — According to this InternetNews article, only 4% of internet users who have taken the MailFrontier Phishing IQ test have passed it with 100%. An important issue that has gotten more prevalent and sophisticated in the past several years.
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mrlatencyNov 29, 2005
This quiz is flawed, and here's why: identifying the blatent phishing emails is fairly easy, but no one can identify with any certainty which of these emails is legitimate. Even the "why" links for the legit emails cautions against trusting them. So, given that, why in the world would you answer "legitimate" for any of the sample emails?
pussywagonNov 29, 2005
1. Chase Legitimate ... CORRECT 2. PayPal Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT 3. Bank of America Legitimate ... CORRECT 4. Washington Mutual Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT 5. MSN Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT 6. Earthlink Legitimate ... CORRECT 7. Amazon Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT 8. eBay Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT 9. Capital One Legitimate ... CORRECT 10. Network Solutions Legitimate ... CORRECTYou got 10 out of 10 correct, or 100 %I figured the CapOne was real because they used a a key for your entrance - which comes after the domain. Phishers would just create a php page. Same with Bank of America. I found the test interesting at least.
adamcoNov 29, 2005
"So UNBELIEVABLY correct. bfiO.com/bfi0.com have NOTHING to do with capitalone, therefore anyone going to such sites to "log in" is a moron. and bankofamerica1???"Apparently they do, because they are legit. You still should log in by typing the URL to the main site and then logging in from there, but your statement is ridiculous considering they are actual links for those companies.
steven_Nov 29, 2005
You got 10 out of 10 correct, or 100 %
steven_Nov 29, 2005
However it would be 50000x easier to see if I could see where the link went to... and any way, type the dam url in the box your self. Done, no phishing...
dmoney06Dec 4, 2005
Anyone could spot all of the phishing emails, by saying that every single one was a phishing email.....