Thursday, January 12, 2006

Sunbelt BLOG: Anatomy of a malicious host file hijack

Sunbelt BLOG: Anatomy of a malicious host file hijack: "Anatomy of a malicious host file hijack

Just for kicks and giggles, Patrick Jordan took apart a host file hijack that resulted in an obscenely accurate spoof of a Bank of America site — and a large number of other financial institutions."

Heard about this scam about a year ago - at which time it was only used to spoof a few South American banks - seems to be growing.

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