Anti-phishing landing page: turning a 404 into a teachable moment

2009-10-01

Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

Lorrie Faith Cranor

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Laura Mather

Anti-Phishing Working Group, USA

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and colleagues describe a collaborative project between the Anti-Phishing Working Group and Carnegie Mellon University that aims to educate users about the dangers of phishing by displaying an educational message in place of phishing sites that have been taken down.

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