On 6/29/06, security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: There are a million books on phishing in borders book store, if the : phishing phrase hadn't been coined, a lot of people wouldn't be : millionaires right now. : : They brought in "phishing" in 2003. The actual act of phishing had been : going on for years before the phrase was coined. Since the beginning of The term was coined long before 2003. March 3, 1996: http://web.textfiles.com/ezines/LOLIE/1lolie.txt May 8, 1999: http://web.textfiles.com/ezines/UHA/uha1-7.txt And i'm sure there are other references going back to the early 90's if someone wants to do some digging. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
I know, although it was "commercially" coined and used to make money from 2003 by Websense.com and all the others, as well as the book authors. Thats what I was talking about, sorry for the misunderstanding. I was always aware the term had been phloating around the underground before that. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
