[38257] in bugtraq
Re: PayPal "security" measures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sh0rtie)
Wed Apr 6 15:32:29 2005
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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 19:18:55 +0100
From: sh0rtie <this.is@gmail.com>
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DNS poisoning could very well be the reason
ISC has details up on its site today and are running at yellow becuase of it
http://isc.sans.org/
On Apr 4, 2005 5:29 PM, McAllister, Andrew <McAllisterA@umsystem.edu> wrote:
> I followed up with Mr Rasmussen privately. I've been getting phishing
> spam that looks to be from PayPal (nothing new there), but strangely
> enough has NO visible attack vector. The phishing spam directs me to a
> legitimate paypal page. I know it is a scam because, e-mail headers
> indicate the mail has come from unknown hosts, and I've received
> confirmation from PayPal that it is a scam.
>
> I reported the "spoof" e-mail via this paypal link:
> https://www.paypal.com/ewf/f=pps_spf. I got a response back about 24
> hours later.
>
> I have no explanation for this legitimate looking but fraudulent e-mail
> other than to suspect that phishers are laying groundwork for a
> follow-up e-mail pointing to a phishing site instead of paypal.
> Basically, getting victims accustomed to the look and feel of their
> letter by pointing to paypal, then later sending them another
> "identical" e-mail that points to the phishing site.
>
> Andy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Rueve [mailto:rueve@regioconnect.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 9:30 PM
> > To: Jeremy Rasmussen; bugtraq
> snip
> > Has anyone here been able to contact this company and gotten
> > any reasonable response (i.e. some real and competent person,
> > not automated replies or replies that clearly tell you the
> > person responding did not even read your request)?
> snip
>
