DNS poisoning to become the next phisher tool?

Posted on Wednesday, March 09 2005 @ 0:31 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Security experts said that online thieves might move to more active tricks by redirecting people from legitimate sites such as Google and Ebay to malicious ones.

The warning follows reports Friday that some people's computers were being redirected from sites such as eBay and Google to malicious Web servers that attempted to install spyware. The compromises affected 30 to 40 networks, according to Jason Lam, incident handler for the Internet Storm Center, which tracks network threats.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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