IT Professionals

To Catch A Phisherman Part Two

Posted by on Feb 26, 2007 | 8 Comments

Remember my piece not too long back about phishing and the websites that enable it? Well as luck would have it, the webmaster of funhumour.net commented on the article to alert me that he was now aware of exploit on his site. Good to hear, unfortunately I wish it had happened sooner.

Think about it. How many people could have been spare the phishing email had this guy not had his site hacked? Not only that, can we honestly point out who is ultimately responsible here? I myself can’t help but wonder if we need to blame both the hacker who does this in addition to the webmaster who allowed it in the first place. Then again, who is to say that the webmaster could have prevented it? I suppose that falls down on whether or not a patch for his site’s CMS was out there and whether or not he chose not to use it.

So what do you think? Where does this kind of responsibility ultimately end up? Could it simply be the end user who is not informed enough to spot these phishing scams? Hit the comments above and tell me what you think.

[tags]phishing,webmaster,hacked[/tags]

  • Jeff Schwarz

    C’mon Matt, that is a really silly question. Goes right along with the false arguments that all good looking girls that are raped are asking for it, or anyone that leaves their home unlocked deserves to be robbed, etc. The solution is to find the little thieves and hang them in a public square, thus giving any would be phishers pause. Let’s get off the “blame the victim” mentality. I keep my computer relatively safe and clean, but because I do not have every program known to man, to prevent problems is not equal to a “Rob Me Please” sign.

  • John Sitek

    Agree with Jeff on this one for sure. We seem to have turned into a society where we blame the victim for everything. I know the insurance companies love this way of thinking. The victim did no crime the hacker did. Time to make the criminal responsible for his/her action and stop blaming the innocent.

  • Ben Moore

    yes

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1330288691 Aidan Taylor

    it dosent every one is ahead of apple.

  • http://twitter.com/duhfee Austin Duffie

    What about ubuntu? And linux? They have done a big leap too, plus android is linux based…

  • http://twitter.com/KevinLyHD Kevin Ly

    Yes, iOS is easy to use but Android has greater potential for functionality and productivity. iOS is great at what it can do but Android allows for more diverse functionality. Just changing the keyboard can improve typing speeds…etc.
    Ease of use is not Better to use

  • http://www.facebook.com/devilzeye793 Mohsin Abbas

    i think you need to checkout the market surveys that took place lately … Android has dominated other OS both in US and UK !!

  • http://www.facebook.com/devilzeye793 Mohsin Abbas

    Apple calls it device iPhone … and yet there are 3-7 steps invloved in making a call …. there’s nothing like Direct Dial on Andy !! iOS is just user friendly and fluid … and that is it ! Android is versatile !! Apple aint !!