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Phishers Build Deceptive Links with DNS Wildcards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pointy-pointy-then-annointy dept.

1sockchuck writes "In the continuing evolution of the phisher, the latest scams are crafting deceptive email links that include a bank's URL, but send victims to a phishing spoof site. The phishers are combining wildcard DNS, URL encoding and redirection services to construct the URLs. Netcraft has examples of emails that presented barclays.co.uk in the URL but sent clicks to a spoofed page at a server in Moscow. A DNS cache poisoning attack over the weekend also highlights the potential use of DNS tricks in 'pharming' (phishing using redirection rather than bait emails)."

3 of 245 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Help Clean the net by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Null Route to all IPs belonging to Russia!!!
    If they don't clean their mess, don't they shit on our yards!

    Sure, Korea and China too!

  2. Re:The problem with simple rules to avoid Phisers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh, and don't steal music.... I mean run a P2P file sharer.

    P2P is like letting thieves into your house to get a good deal on a DVD player. Yes, you get music for free, but what else do you get?

    I don't do P2P, I don't warez. Even the best virus and adware checkers report my system clean. Combine with parent and truly be safe from phishers.

  3. Re:Those dirty russian dogs sure are clever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I say we nuke Moscow from orbit. That's the only way to be sure...