The future of phishing
Jonathon Tuliani · Computer Fraud & Security · 2004
This article examines how attackers are likely to respond to the current move towards 2-factor authentication as a defence against phishing scams, and describes an alternative approach, available today, that provides a longer-term solution. In recent months, newspaper and television reports have highlighted how highly-organized criminal gangs are launching large-scale, carefully planned attacks against high-street banks and other services, both in the UK and overseas. These so-called ‘phishing’ attacks begin with an email. Appearing to come from the bank, it leads the recipient to a convincing Web page, at which point he is tricked into entering his username and password.