eWeek today ran a story "What's Bugging eBay?" that is worth reading. The article documents the increasing number of sophisticated phishing attacks from "Vladuz, the Romanian impaler".
The article quotes "The eBay villagers are whispering that he can creep through eBay's internal databases and suck the lifeblood of customer accounts—log-ins and passwords—right out of their pulsing, 222 million-plus customer heart. He's putting up bogus listings as fast as eBay can take them down, and that proves he's walked through a security hole as big as a barn door."
Ebay in response, is quoted in the article "No, eBay insists, this hacker, this Romanian wiseguy who goes by the handle Vladuz, is "nothing new." He's just another phisher, says eBay spokeswoman Catherine England, one of hundreds the huge auction site has to deal with constantly."
The article then goes on to quote other sources claiming that eBay is downplaying the situation and the the criminal is making significant intrusions into eBay.
Stay tuned for more on this. As alway, protect your authentication information by thinking on it before you click on any link in any email.
Guy
www.authenticationworld.com
guy.huntington@authenticationworld.com
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