Lab Notes

The Honeynet Project uses honeypots to learn how network intruders work in the real world. A honeypot is an intentionally under-secured computer placed on the internet to attract nefarious hackers. By observing how the honeypot is compromised, researchers learn the tools and techniques used by computer criminals, and thus how to combat them. Last week they published an interesting paper on recent phishing attacks. While the article is not written for end users, if you're a system administrator (and if you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you are), it has some good information on how to keep the door closed on phishers.