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Phishing Site Using Valid SSL Certificates

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the new-phace-of-phishing dept.

UnderAttack writes to tell us the Washington Post SecurityFix blog has an interesting article about a new and rather sophisticated phishing scheme. The email not only used the first few digits of the users card number to look more plausible (even though the first part of the number is the same for all cards), but it also used a valid SSL certificate for its domain name."

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  1. In other news - Stupid People Still Stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you get scammed on the intarweb, your intarweb license should be revoked.

  2. Geez... by razzamatazm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon all the good ideas will be taken and I'll be stuck selling penis pills again. Ugh...

  3. Nice try, but I can tell you're trolling by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Funny

    you spelled 'intarweb' right both times.

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