Remember the worms/viruses that changed the hosts file so that when you typed in www.google.com or yahoo or several other common sites, it caused it to redirect to a different page other than the page you were seeking?
Uhhh, what if someone did that, but instead of redirecting google or yahoo to a porn site, the hosts file directed ebay, paypal, or any number of bank pages to fake sites set up to mimic the real sites.
Thus, rather than getting an email (which most of us recognize immediately as a scam) that wants us to click some link and put in all our credit card information, the scam would rely instead on someone sincerely thinking they were going to www.ebay.com or paypal, or wherever. Then, I doubt most people would become suspicious if they were asked to re-enter their credit card information.
I hope someone here knows of a way to prevent this from happening.
(crossposted to Software... didn't know where else to post security issues)
Uhhh, what if someone did that, but instead of redirecting google or yahoo to a porn site, the hosts file directed ebay, paypal, or any number of bank pages to fake sites set up to mimic the real sites.
Thus, rather than getting an email (which most of us recognize immediately as a scam) that wants us to click some link and put in all our credit card information, the scam would rely instead on someone sincerely thinking they were going to www.ebay.com or paypal, or wherever. Then, I doubt most people would become suspicious if they were asked to re-enter their credit card information.
I hope someone here knows of a way to prevent this from happening.
(crossposted to Software... didn't know where else to post security issues)
, than a simple grammatically incorrect and poorly spelled email that asks the user to click on a link that seems to go to a fake site. They have been getting the fake sites to look pretty convincing though. )
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