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Phishing In The Channel

Posted by michael on from the turnkey-solution-to-starting-your-own-business dept.

Rick Zeman writes "A Washington Post story details the relationships between phishers, IRC, plug-and-play phishing toolkits, and phantom web sites. 'For the past few months we've started to see phishing attacks from subcontractors, people who buy and use ready-made phishing toolkits and e-mail lists,' Orad said. 'It's gotten to the point where you don't need to know anything about spamming or computer programming to pull this off.'"

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  1. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we have phishkiddies

    1. Re:Great by Rie+Beam · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pguppies sounds more appropriate if you ask me.

    2. Re:Great by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Funny

      That just sounds like people who hit Page Up way too much.

  2. So what you are say is: by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now people who know nothing about ripping people off can rip off people who know nothing about being ripped off.

  3. Dear Ebay/PayPal user by x.Draino.x · · Score: 4, Funny

    There was a system crash this month. You may have noticed our system has been running slowly. If you are receiving this email, we have lost some of the information for your account. Please click on the following link and fill in all of your information to make sure your account does not get suspended. We appreciate your time, and sorry for the trouble. Click here to fill in your info! Your friends, at Ebay/PayPal.

    1. Re:Dear Ebay/PayPal user by Blue-Footed+Boobie · · Score: 2, Funny
      I have noticed the slowdown!

      I would be glad to verify my user information!

      My username is: JohnnySellsDildos and my password is: 8675309

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      DAMN YOU OCTODOG! DAMN YOU TO HELL!
    2. Re:Dear Ebay/PayPal user by lordkuri · · Score: 4, Funny

      xxx.edu

      pr0n college??? such a thing exists??? DAMMIT!

  4. Dear world, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    www.secure-ebay-transactions.ru is NOT ebay.

    You have been warned.

    Sincerely,
    The Internet.

    1. Re:Dear world, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is why /. puts the domain in brackets after the link.

      Slashdot puts the domain in brackets to keep your eyes from getting burned, not your wallet.

  5. Still popular... by Evil+Attorney · · Score: 2, Funny

    It amazes me that a few months after breaking up Phish is still as popular as ever. Damn you, hippies!

  6. Wouldn't phishkiddies be... by jd · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...small fry? Or Network Krillers?

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    It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
  7. ... profit! by phyruxus · · Score: 2, Funny
    from article: "Thomas was stunned that her data was being openly traded online.

    "I can't believe that people are allowed to do this kind of thing," she said. "Why can't [the authorities] do anything about this?"


    The answer may be that the economics of online fraud -- which has such low start-up costs that luring only a few victims to divulge personal financial data can turn a huge profit for the perpetrator -- are so much in favor of the criminals that, at least for now, a continued increase in phishing activity is all but certain.     "

    Crime pays. News at 11. </cynicism>

    --
    "A witty saying proves nothing." ~Voltaire
    "d'Oh!" ~Homer
  8. Familiar? by nicklott · · Score: 3, Funny
    'It's gotten to the point where you don't need to know anything about spamming or computer programming to pull this off.'
    Hey sounds like IT management to me!

    boom boom

  9. Not phishkiddies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They're not phishkiddies, they're phish-heads.

    "Phish-heads
    rolly polly phish-heads,
    phish-heads, phish-heads,
    eat 'em up yuummmmmmmmmmm
    phish-heads in tha morning
    phish-heads in the morning,
    phish-heads in your soup! "

  10. Re:IRC? by nasor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any time I start to develop the slightest faith in the goodness of my fellow man, I just type /list into IRC. That clears it right up.