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> - Training someone after they fall victim to a phishing attack makes them MORE likely to fall for future attacks. Fascinating. A fair number of training prog
by tlb 5y ago
> - Training someone after they fall victim to a phishing attack makes them MORE likely to fall for future attacks.
Fascinating. A fair number of training programs seem to have the opposite of the intended effect. DARE (saying no to drugs) is a famous example.
To guess a mechanism: the training gives some specific examples of phishing, probably from a few years ago, which don't match current techniques. The phishers also know what's in popular training courses, so they avoid known trigger phrases. So people are less likely to recognize a novel scam than if they'd never seen any.