Bank of America Hack Highlights ‘Secure’ Images
Companies often try to enhance security without asking users to do anything. ‘Secure’ images are one such attempt and can be used in phishing attacks as demonstrated (QuickTime video). You can read more here and here.
Secure images don’t help prevent phishing attacks, and we don’t like them either.
Like Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben said, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Banks, TurboTax, and the like certainly have a lot of power, with little oversight.
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There is no patch for human stupidity. 🙂 Although some of these phishing attempts have gotten so sophisticated that you can almost sympathize with the end users.
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