Botnet attack targeting eBay and its users, compromising accounts
 

*Source: Ars Technica (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ccounts.html)*
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Trojans and the zombie computer botnets (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...r-botnets.html) that often spawn from them have been a problem for many years, but recently some of the attacks have been getting downright nasty. Attackers are using more and more sophisticated methods, including social engineering, to get past users' defenses.

The latest attack is targeting eBay members and stealing their online identities using multi-stage attacks in order to perpetuate fraud. It was first identified by researcher Ofer Elzam, who works for the firm Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd (http://www.aladdin.com/). Ars had a chance to talk to Mr. Elzam recently, and he explained how the fraudsters, which he believes may have started as early as mid-August, did their dastardly work.

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