Netcraft: 5,600 Phishing Sites Since December 181
miller60 writes "Netcraft has tracked and blocked 5,600 known phishing sites since the December launch of its anti-phishing toolbar, which it has now updated with a risk rating feature that warns users about new sites with phishy characteristics, based on trends observed in known phishing scams. It has also started a service that makes the full list available of phishing sites as a continuously updated feed for service providers and companies to use in mail servers and web proxies." One bad sign: the phishing attacks I see are getting (on average) more professional in their phrasing -- it used to be easy to toss out the trawlers based on their spelling alone.
Re:Live Bait (Score:1, Informative)
Re:FP - Help (Score:1, Informative)
From the contents of your post, you seem to be doing quite well, but ...
I can't figure out an effective way to do it in only three posts.
Yes, indeed, I think you haven't figured out one very important small detail...
What would you do?
Hmmm, ..., maybe log in?
Can anyone help me?
You're welcome!
Re:firefox toolbar? (Score:3, Informative)
1. Encrypted URLS turn the address bar to a gold color to remind you that you're on an encrypted site. And, more importantly,
2. In the lower right hand corner of the screen, Firefox tells you the name of the site to which the digital signature certificate is assigned.
Re:Submit a new site, get a gift? (Score:5, Informative)
Well according to this: http://news.earthweb.com/security/article.php/345
Re:Phishers Getting Good (Score:3, Informative)
Hint: Enable "full headers" on your e-mail. That way you won't spend a second before hitting the delete button.
ebay spoofs (Score:3, Informative)
I got a newer one just a short while ago that said:
Dear eBay Community Member,
The bid that you entered for the item ( 5569407583[original link removed] ) has been cancelled. You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the link bellow[sic].
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Item=5569407
Regards,
eBay
I just forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com which, sadly, I have in my address book because I have forwarded several suspicious emails to them. They always get back to me quickly and confirm that, yes, it was a spoof and to ignore it. Then they investigate the forwarded email take any actions they can against whoever sent it.
And every ebayer should have this page bookmarked: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/id-account-th
I agree, the phishers are getting better. Phishers like these try to trigger a knee-jerk emotional response and I bet it works way too often.
Re:The biggest problem... (Score:2, Informative)
It IS easy to report eBay scams (Score:1, Informative)