New PayPal/eBay Phishing Scam Evades IE7/Norton Phishing Filters

[mandy]

A Reg reader has produced screen shots that demonstrate a powerful phishing technique that's able to spoof eBay, PayPal and other top web destinations without triggering antiphishing filters in IE 7 or Norton 360. Plenty of other PayPal users are experiencing the same ruse, according to search engine results...

Hall was surprised recently when, after attempting to log in to a PayPal page that both IE and Norton had given a clean bill of health, he was prompted for his date of birth, social security number, mother's maiden name, credit card details and other sensitive information. Aside from the verboten solicitation for so much detailed information, about the only thing that looked suspicious was the poor grammar and awkward syntax of the accompanying text...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/...technique/

More phishing - redirects on the eBay website listing pages...again:

Several screens flashed before my eyes (unnervingly like my life going past) and then good old IE7 told me that I was about to be phished. It was quite correct, I was very phished (or, as we say in the UK, phished off). How come I could be browsing eBay one moment and phished the next?...

full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/...ley_phish/