Security Basics: Re: Anti-Phishing with digital watermarking

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2008-09-30 Ryan Greenier wrote:
> I'd HIGHLY disagree with it being closer to 100% unreliable than
> reliable. Most of the phishing attacks against institutions that my
> company provides service for are copy/paste type deals leaving all
> kinds of other info on there that is unrelated to what the attackers
> are trying to accomplish (such as stats, etc). Shoot, they even leave
> the javascript in there that determines the user's browsing
> experience.
Since it doesn't interfere with their phishing attempt: why would they
remove any of the original content? However, a script that's supposed to
detect a phishing attempt is a whole different matter.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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