Re: Curious use of htdig in a phishing attempt

"G. T. Stresen-Reuter" <[email protected]>
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I would suggest notifying the bank in any case.

What would surprise me, though, is that Barclays is using htdig for  
anything other than an intranet or extranet search (password  
protected).

I wouldn't read too much into it...

Ted Stresen-Reuter

On Apr 5, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Mike Causer wrote:

> A phishing attempt to trap customers of Barclays Bank that's just
> arrived contains a <!--htdig_noindex--> section in the html part of the
> mail, specifically the part that includes the rogue website address.
>
> I wonder if the noindex section would have been part of Barclays'
> standard format that the phishers have copied (big win for htdig  
> there!)
> or if the phishers are using it, or even if an organisation like the
> Anti-Phishing Working Group use it and the phishers are trying to
> confuse them.
>
>
> Just a bit of idle curiousity really.
>
>
>
> Mike
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