In the security forum at the Band of Gonzos website, a post on how to protect yourself against Phishers. A number of helpful tips on not getting led down the wrong path and be fooled by an ever increasing group of con-artists in today's Internet.One of the highlights of the post is a new browser extension called SpoofStick which is available for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. The browser extension helps you detect spoofed Web sites by showing you the actual site that you're on. For instance, if you click the link in a phishing e-mail, and the resulting screen looks like a PayPal screen -- the tool may show you that it is actually at 211.28.155.210. PayPal would never show you a raw IP address when you're logging in. That's very cool.
One nice touch: The height of the toolbar is adjustable. BTW, the author, a forthright guy, says on his Web site, 'it's not a comprehensive solution, but it's a good start.' There is a copy at PC World for download.
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