From kmcgrail@pccc.com Wed Mar 8 18:15:13 2006 From: "Kevin A. McGrail" To: discuss@lists.surbl.org Subject: [SURBL-Discuss] Fw: Interesting Phishing Trick Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:14:57 -0500 Message-ID: <022a01c642d3$d558ff30$cc0a0a0a@thoughtworthy.internal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4013222209538775294==" --===============4013222209538775294== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A co-worker of mine just pointed this out to me today. He tested it in Thunderbird and I tested it in OE6. It warrants serious attention. Ignoring the munged part, this would trick a very savvy internet user that allows HTML email, clicks on a link and doesn't check the browser address line. Any input on rules or techniques to block this nasty fellow? Sincerely, KAM > I just received a phishing e-mail claiming to be from eBay. All of the > links LOOKED legit, including what displayed in the status bar when you > moused over a link. I knew this was not legit, so I looked in the > source code and found this: > >
eBay Update Center
> > Note the double use of an a href tag, one inside a caption tag, one outside. The outside a href displays, while the a href within the caption tag is what would actually be triggered. > Interesting way of masking the true URL. --===============4013222209538775294==--