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May 15, 2005
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WiPhishing: New Type of Phishing Attack
Mobilepipeline reports about a disturbing new form of phishing, which may catch even the typically cautious (Vendor Warns Of New Type Of 'WiPhishing' Attack). Now this is a vendor warning, but it sounds reasonable:
The company said in a statement that the new type of attack starts with a fraudulent log-in page for a public Wi-Fi network such as a hotspot. When the user logs on to the fake page, the hacker downloads as many as 45 viruses to the computer.
via Get Real
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Ernest Miller pursues research and writing on cyberlaw, intellectual property, and First Amendment issues. Mr. Miller attended the U.S. Naval Academy before attending Yale Law School, where he was president and co-founder of the Law and Technology Society, and founded the technology law and policy news site LawMeme. He is a fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
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