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Check if a site is phishing site.

Here is the updated bookmarklet: Phishy? (tested on firefox 2.0 only!)
1. Drag this link to your bookmark. This checks if the site you are currently on is a phishing site.
2. Drag this link to your bookmark. This prompts for a URL and checks if it is a phising site.
Uses phishtank’s check URL API.
If this [...]

Posted 17 November 2006 † amit § Programming § Scripting § Security § webdev ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Phish Tank

http://www.phishtank.com is a new service which aims to help weed out phishing URLs and email addresses using wisdom of the crowds. Users can submit emails/URLs which they suspect of fraud and others can vote if they really are fraudulent or not. I think it is a great concept. There is a REST API using which [...]

Posted 11 October 2006 † amit § Internet § Programming § Security § ruby § software ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Anonymity on Internet

On the internet nobody knows you are a dog
Unfortunately it’s only true in cartoons! Basically you are leaving a surprisingly easy trail of the websites you visit. Visit Test anonymity if you want to find what web servers can know about you. A determined person can find out about the websites you browsed, what [...]

Posted 09 June 2005 † amit § Internet § Security ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: