{"id":283,"date":"2006-03-19T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-19T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/03\/the-savvy-of-spammers.html"},"modified":"2006-03-19T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-19T19:10:00","slug":"the-savvy-of-spammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/03\/the-savvy-of-spammers.html","title":{"rendered":"The Savvy of Spammers"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a shame this<\/a> type of talent and technical knowledge it wasted on vulturine activities:<\/p>\n

The new type of attack, known as a Smart Redirection Attack, is designed to ensure that potential phishing<\/a> victims always link to a live website.
\nFor a Smart Redirection Attack, the fraudster creates a number of similar phishing websites based at different locations. All of the emails received by consumers contain URLs that direct the victim to an IP address that hosts the ‘smart redirector’. When the potential victim clicks on the link, the ‘redirector’ checks all related phishing websites, identifies which sites are still live, and invisibly redirects the user to one of them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure there are a few companies who can use savvy people like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a shame this type of talent and technical knowledge it wasted on vulturine activities: The new type of attack, known as a Smart Redirection Attack, is designed to ensure that potential phishing victims always link to a live website. 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