[real-eyes] Re: Want to see something scary?
- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 08:41:12 -0500
That's very scary alright. Steve, stop scaring me. I have to use this darn
computer every day.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Clark" <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:21 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Want to see something scary?
>I heard about this while listening to episode 249 of Security Now
> www.grc.com/sn and thought someone else might like to see this.
> The below link is a cached version by google as the actual page has been
> deleted. You'll see why when you go there.
>
> Steve Gibson mentioned this site as an example of how credit card
> numbers and personal data is shared on the net.
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-rPKZ7pKfV0J:paste-it.net/public/w3178df+q%3Dsite:paste-it.net+%2Bvisa&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
>
> Once there do a search for the number 1999 as there is a long list of
> numbers, maybe to throw the casual web surfer off and make them think
> nothing is there.
> The next line starts with visa card numbers, their expiration date,
> email address and mailing address along with the phone number of the
> person.
> This data is a couple of months old and hopefully everyone in this list
> has new cards by now.
>
> Steve Gibson said this is just one of many many sites where this kind of
> info is shared. He said that what usually happens is the person who
> gathered the data pastes it at one of these sites you can just paste the
> contents of your clipboard to, and give someone the link to go look at
> what you pasted. So after the bad guy sells the data to someone, the
> link is given and the buyer goes to collect their bounty.
>
> Steve
> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options,
> go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes
>
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2889 - Release Date: 05/22/10
01:26:00
To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to
www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes
Other related posts:
