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Using Digital Signatures to Secure Email and Stop Phishing Attacks
Added: Monday, 11 April 2005
Publisher: Tumbleweed Communication Corp.
Category: Network Security

The fundamental problem that end-user victims of phishing attacks have is that they cannot trust an email’s origin. The only visible elements of an email available in most email clients to make this trust decision are the address in the FROM field of the header and the message content itself.

The content of a phishing email is typically very convincing in its alleged authenticity and provides no utility to discern fact from fraud. Since phishers can spoof the FROM address without discovery, end-users are left to make a judgment call as to whether they should follow the instructions in the email and disclose personal information at the web site the embedded link takes them to.

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