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Cnn.com: Experts: 'Phishing' More Sophisticated

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Sat, 01/22/2005 - 2:00am

The online attacks are getting increasingly sophisticated, and are moving beyond e-mail. In a move I find particularly scary, some are targeting the DNS servers which are what tell your browser how to get to Amazon.com. A compromised DNS server could route you to an Amazon.com look-a-like instead, with you none the wiser. Read the full story.