full-disclosure - Re: Fake ebay password stealer

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Message-ID: <m3fzi8dchg.fsf@worst-case.niehaus.dynodns.net>
From: killedbythoughts at mindcrime.net (Sebastian Niehaus)
Subject: Re: Fake ebay password stealer

tom@...torunix.com writes:
 
> Following on the heels of the "very good looking" microsoft security patch
> worm, i am now in posession of an even more convincing "Ebay Request" to
> reconfirm your credit card number, PayPal account, password, etc.   This
> appears to be an excellent fake and we can expect many people to be
> tricked.
> 
> To see how good it looks, Checkout this image.  (It doesn't look like an
> image but it is actually a JPG which hides a link to the attacker's
> server.)  Many people will be fooled.  The url is fake (it is just a
> picture after all).  

Combine it with a QHosts-1 feature and you get your sensitive data
even from users looking for the URL displayed in the address field of
the browser.


Sebastian
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