Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Because humans associate trust relationships with website URLs, this trust can be used to attack or deceive them. One form of a phishing attack involves an attacker acquiring a domain name that is similar to the site that they are trying to attack. If you visit `microsoft.com.notmicrosoft.com' you might mistake it for a legitimate Microsoft site. So go ahead and enter your username and password!
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Because humans associate trust relationships with website URLs, this trust can be used to attack or deceive them. One form of a phishing attack involves an attacker acquiring a domain name that is similar to the site that they are trying to attack. If you visit `microsoft.com.notmicrosoft.com' you might mistake it for a legitimate Microsoft site. So go ahead and enter your username and password!
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
