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	Phil's Blogservations Thursday, August 17, 2006 Posted by philgomes 11:36 AM Getting Back At Phishers Getting Back At Phishers I just received my fourth phishing attempt of the day. It's supposed to be something from eBay saying that there's a seller who is pissed off at me and that I better get things resolved pronto before my buyer's rating goes to hell. (I haven't used eBay since Burningman 2004.) Of course, the link in the email takes me to a site that is not hosted on an eBay server. Looks like eBay, though. Even seems to load images from eBay's server. It waits to harvest my eBay login. Curious... I back through the labyrinthine URL to the home IP address and hit "Enter." (These things never use domain names, of course.) I'm greeted with a login window. With a login of "admin" and a password of (wait for it) "admin," I'm in. This is what I see: Take that, bastards. It's just a stats area, so I don't have enough permissions on the system to shut you down. But I can make your operation pretty messy. I'm giving you one more chance to turn away from the dark side. UPDATE, NOON CDT: I now have access to your filepaths. UPDATE, 4:19pm CDT: Received another phishing email from a different IP. "Admin / admin" didn't work and I don't have time today for extensive password guessing. Technorati Tags: phishing, security HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.