Cybercrooks try to overwhelm browser blacklists by multiplying malicious addresses Gregg Keizer May 29, 2007 -- The number of phishing Web URLs nearly tripled from March to April, a security group said, as cybercriminals returned to a late-2006 tactic designed to do an end run around browser-based antiphishing filters. In one month, the number of unique sites soared 166%, from 20,871 in March to 55,643 in April, said the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an association of more than 1,600 companies and government agencies. "They're trying to overwhelm the filtering mechanisms" in browsers and antiphishing toolbars, said Peter Cassidy, the secretary general of the APWG, "by using many, many URLs, some which may resolve to the very same phishing site." Phishers using the tactic don't register any more domains than usual but simply craft unique URLs by randomizing the subdomain to create new addresses. More here: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=17&articleId=9021641&intsrc=hm_topic -- John Durham Site http://modecideas.com Server hosted on Ubuntu 4.10 Good advice is like good paint. It only works when applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.