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Case study: personalised phishing site
Date: 16 January 2006
Original URL: http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?cid=1938&it=5932

A phishing attack has been seen recently in the wild where the attacker strengthened the credibility of their fraudulent site by including legitimate, previously obtained user details, such as home addresses and card numbers.

This brief paper shows a recreation of this site, highlighting the increasing sophistication of phishing attacks.

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