22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
2:39 p.m.
Richard wrote:
In article
<ded268c40602221417m3c88cc26pb65abd96e8fff7b5 at mail.gmail.com>,
"Paxton Hoag" <innfoclassics at gmail.com> writes:
There are some very polished phishes making the rounds lately. *I*
got sucked into one last month, and I'm a careful, paranoid bastard. I
was tired and the email [purporting to be a question from another eBay
user] was very well-done. I was pretty lucky in realizing immediately
I'd been had and got all my passwords changed before there was damage.
I hope.
Doc
[...] It was obvious that the ID had been
hijacked, a new technique I am concerned about.
So do you think they phished for the credentials, or do you think they
are running dictionary attacks against ebay ids now?