Spam & Phishing

Half phishing, half true

I just found a new phishing which opens a new chapter in the Paypal Phishing history. The phishing advertises a laptop which really exists on eBay com , informs the user that he has to pay it and allows the user to cancel the transaction. Obviously, the link with Cancel Transaction is faked. Click on […]

Spam & Phishing

Bringing down phishers

I wrote in the morning to this institution the message below. "Hi, Your website hosts a phishing site for Wachovia Bank. Please remove this path on your webserver: http://pastandfutureofmoney.nl/login/ssPageName=hhpayUSf&=user.... " Thank you. We will contact you as soon as possible. G. C. Nieuwland, PHvL And now the answer: Thank you for reporting this! We were […]

Spam & Phishing

Paypal phishing w/o hosted HTML files

It is the first time I can see a phishing that doesn’t have a website to store the website ! This email came as a self sustained phishing solution. It is written in HTML and JS and it has a FORM whos action is POST to a website which saves the data. The submit button […]

Spam & Phishing

Double Phishing: PayPal & eBay

Subject:PayPal & eBay From:”PayPal” Date:Thu, 6 Jul 2006 04:36:34 -0700 To:undisclosed-recipients:; This e-mail is the notification of PayPal Become One With eBay. We’re excited about this change because it allows us to offer you: * Easier access to all your account information* Enhanced Online Bill Payment * Transfer balances online * Mass Payment allows anyone […]

Spam & Phishing

Wasted Phishing campaign

I just received a PayPal Phishing which is pretty nice. Nothing special about it .. this time. The only problem is that they used a wrong link to the fake site: http://1171700305:20/webscr/index.php?update.user. The offending part is the port: 20. Here is what Firefox says: ” This address is restricted This address uses a network port […]