Copyright © 2009 What The Hell? Security
Phishing is so pre-”What The Hell Security.” Here’s what post-click fraud has that phishing doesn’t.
In name:
- jargon-free (sorry d00dz)
- capitalizes on an understood concept (fraud)
- describes its boundaries (the fraud after the click, not the fraud after the card trick)
In meaning:
- encompasses all link-aware applications (office apps, browsers, music players, drawing apps, etc.)
- encompasses all link-aware media (web pages, spreadsheets, rich text documents, image maps, etc.)
- includes equally-appropriate attack vectors (malware, forms)
- highlights the risky action (click)
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