Common Visual Deceptions in Phishing URL Composition

Dave Piscitello

Phishers take advantage of common user behavior. They know that people often see what they want to read rather than what appears in a message or hyperlink. They know that our brains correct misspellings, that our brains are selectively attentive (we often overlook repeated words), or that we may not read scrupulously “beginning to end” once we encounter…