It's not so simple filtering phishing emails, a lot of the time you'll have to rely on your own judgment, and a blacklist of sites other people before you have marked as fradulent. Windows browsers are not able to detect this 100%. The biggest reason why is that the browsers that have a type of phishing/malware filter are usually just checking against a known blacklist of such sites. Blacklists like that are never completely accurate, especially to newer attempts/URLs/sites. If you want a browser that does this anyway for mac os x, please use firefox, but know that there are definitely limitations to this: some genuine sites are marked as if they aren't because of some questionable content, and some phishing sites won't be because there's no way to get everything 100%. For what it is worth, gmail marked these .mac phishing emails as possible phishing attempts and they ended up in my spam box, while no genuine .mac notice from Apple that I received in the many years I've paid for this service has ever been marked as spam or possible phishing.
The best thing to do is to use your own judgment. I have almost *never* seen emails that didn't tip me off in the first few lines that it's a possible phishing attempt when it was. The links are off, the email is not actually who it is from, the grammar/spelling is awful, and it may ask for something that's never been asked of me. cheers, jane On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 1:48 AM, will lomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > hi why are people so stupid enough to click these links? itsn't it obvious > people would take advantage of the situation? > Also, given that apple claim safari is the best browser out there, why can > it not detect these spoof phishing sites, yet windows browser are able to > detect, with no problems? > will > > > On 14 Aug 2008, at 09:40, Gordon Keen wrote: > > >> Biting the hand that feeds IT >> >> The Register » Security » Crime » >> Original URL: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/phishers_attack_mac_faithful/ >> Apple faithful snared in phishing scam targeting Mac.com users >> By Dan Goodin in San Francisco >> Published Wednesday 13th August 2008 23:26 GMT >> Hundreds of Mac users have been snared in a phishing scam that coincided >> with the glitches in the roll-out Apple's MobileMe service. >> >> Data obtained by CardCops, a credit card protection service owned by the >> Affinion Group, shows sensitive information belonging to several hundred >> people with Mac.com email addresses being traded in underground forums >> frequented by identity thieves. The details include social security numbers, >> birth dates, mothers' maiden names, credit card numbers and other sensitive >> information. >> The graphic to the right, which has been edited to remove personally >> identifying details, shows some of the data that's been available. >> The information was phished using emails that began circulating around the >> same time Apple began its ill-fated transition ( >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/mobileme_not_pushing/) from >> Mac.com to Me.com. The scams bore subjects such as "Billing problem." >> Following the link as recently as Tuesday while using Apple's Safari >> browser, we were taken to an authentic-looking page purporting to belong to >> Apple. It asked users to reinstate their accounts by entering a dizzying >> array of personal details. (Interestingly, while Internet Explorer warned us >> the page was a scam, neither Safari nor Firefox flagged it.) >> Among those who took the bait was someone in Desiree Holtadams's home. She >> said the confusion caused by the MobileMe transition caused her to lower her >> guard. >> "I was wondering if they might have switched me over to MobileMe," she >> told The Reg. "A few weeks ago, there was no access to the Apple account at >> all for us." >> An Apple representative didn't respond to an email requesting comment for >> this story. >> >> Several of the Mac.com victims we spoke to reported getting phishing >> emails purporting to come from iTunes. Evidently, Apple users are a popular >> target. (R) >> Related stories >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> G >> >> From Bridgerule, Devon, England. >> Devon, glorious Devon (first verse) >> >> >> Combe and tor, >> green meadow and lane, >> birds on the waving bough. >> Beetling cliffs by the surging main, >> rich red loam for the plough. >> Devon's the font of the finest blood >> that braces England's breed. >> Her maidens fair as the apple bud >> and her men are men indeed. >> >> >> > >
