Phishing Links

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 08:48:47AM -0700, Scott Silva wrote:
> on 7-3-2008 6:58 AM Pedro Bordin Hoffmann - [M]orpheus spake the following:
> >When Mailscanner finds some phishing link, it puts a message that this 
> >link may be some phishing, but it don't remove the link.
> >
> >Is there a way to remove links that mailscanner thinks is phishing?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> But what if it is wrong?
> Then you have removed links that might be legitimate.
> Not all links that "look phishy" are phishing attempts.

Indeed; this is a topic the RISKS Digest covers fairly often: lots of
legitimate organizations sub out their emailing, to companies that
aren't smart enough to not make legit emails *look* like phishes.

Cheers,
-- jra
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