Zulfikar Ramzan is correct about phishing
June 1st, 2007
Zulfikar Ramzan is right on in his demolition of Mikko Hypponen’s idea for a ".bank" top-level domain.
Writing on Symantec’s Security Response weblog, Zully basically… uhhh… urinates all over Mikko’s plan (although he’s a lot more diplomatic than that). Some choice cuts:
Phishers don’t have to use the .bank extension and most users will fail to notice … if you look at almost every phishing site these days, the URL itself is a blatant giveaway that you’re not at an authentic site
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