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Spies In the Phishing Underground

Posted by kdawson on from the rhod-and-rheel dept.

An anonymous reader sends us to Net-Security.org for an interview with security researchers Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios, who recently managed to infiltrate the phishing underground. What started as a simple examination of phishing sites turned into an extraordinary tour through the ecosystem that supports the business of phishing. In the interview they expose the tactics and tools that phishers use, illustrate what happens when your confidential information gets stolen, and discuss how phishers communicate and how they phish each other.

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  1. You know what's next, don't you? by AltGrendel · · Score: 2, Funny
    Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios can expect any site they are associated with to be DDOSed in....

    3..

    2..

    1.

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    1. Re:You know what's next, don't you? by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

      Profit!!??!

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      which is totally what she said
  2. Re:And the news is...? by Aardpig · · Score: 2, Funny

    So who shat on your cornflakes this morning, sunshine?

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  3. Re:Duh by russ1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    P.s.: Damn, there's a lot of advertising on that site.
    Yeah, not only that but I thought it was kinda strange that i had to enter my credit card details just to read the article.
  4. What? by NeoHunyadi · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the phishers are trying to phish the phishers who are phishing for... what? (That's some quality writing, right there.)

    Seriously, the article seems like something you'd see featured on the evening news as a scare tactic.

    Reporter: Is your identity safe? It could be at risk and you don't even know it. Top researchers say there are hacker communities out there that will likely only continue to grow! Are you stupid enough to stay tuned until the end of our worthless program and find out?

    Wait... Is this really even Slashdot? Why does my browser say http://it.slashd0t.org/? Son of a...

  5. Big deal, I did this too by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I infiltrated a phish show once; other than a lot of hippies smoking dope and some weird meandering drone-rock, I'm not sure what the big deal was.

  6. Re:Simple partial solution: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For instance click here to see Britney Spears nude.

    Can you repost that? Your link didn't work.