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Monday, February 05, 2007

eBay Phishes: a Red-Herring for eBay Hijackings?

Vulnerabilities in eBay site may be to blameBy now, we're all used to seeing those fake emails that claim your eBay account was hijacked, or claim listings for items you know aren't really on your account. The goal of these email, called phishes, is to get you to follow the link provided in the email and enter your login credentials on a spoofed eBay look-alike site, after which the credentials are logged for later use by the attackers.But these prolific phish may be a red-herring, diverting attention from the very real problem of legitimate, non-phished eBay hijackings.Even worse, these hijackings may be a result of security vulnerabilities in eBay and PayPal's own websites.The scam works like this:A fraudulent seller obtains access to a trusted eBay account and posts items for sale under the hijacked account.The auction either instructs the buyer to submit payment to a specific account (not the one tied to the eBay account) or, after the auction is complete, the fraudulent seller instructs the buyer to send funds to a different account.The buyer submits the payment, the fraudulent seller takes off with the money and never sends the seller the purchased item.The duped seller then reports the matter to eBay and the legitimate account holder is held liable. Sometimes these scams even result in the legitimate user being suspended from use of their eBay account for up to a year.Such hijackings allow an unscrupulous person to exploit others by taking advantage of the good reputation of a legitimate eBay auctioneer Read more

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