In light of a new man-in-the-middle (MITM) type of attack, VeriSign Inc. is providing simple tips end users and businesses can use to effectively thwart the online threat. The MITM attack relies on a user being fooled into going to the wrong Web site. Common techniques for fooling visitors include phishing e-mails, false wireless hotspots, and most recently poisoning of insecure DNS servers. …[more]