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Re: Google + Amazon fun scam
From: "Dave Korn" <davek_throwaway () hotmail com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:21:18 -0000
ad () heapoverflow com wrote:
If i remember I saw on this list a post wich was warning about faking scam links within google.com domain. I got this scam today: [SCAM]http://google.com/url?sa=p&pref=ig&pval=2&q=http://wielrenneninlimburg.nl/forum/www.amazon.com/index.html[/SCAM] wich is pretty easy to discover but I have tried a variant wich the scammer probably forgot to use to grow his fooling possiblities: [SCAM]http://google.com/url?sa=p&pref=ig&pval=2&q=%68%74%74%70%3A%2F%2F%77%69%65%6C%72%65%6E%6E%65%6E%69%6E%6C%69%6D%62%75%72%67%2E%6E%6C%2F%66%6F%72%75%6D%2F%77%77%77%2E%61%6D%61%7A%6F%6E%2E%63%6F%6D%2F%69%6E%64%65%78%2E%68%74%6D%6C[/SCAM]
This is the exact same vuln really, calling it a variant seems to be slightly exaggerated.
should be nasty to scam google services or anything other via this way. the scammer will hide its domain + "steal" google.com domain.
The scammer will do no such thing, that's a very ordinary redirect and the browser's address bar will show the scammer's domain and have nothing to do with google. You should have tried it out before you said this! Here's a couple of safe examples for you to try and see for yourself that it hides nothing and steals nothing. http://google.com/url?sa=p&pref=ig&pval=2&q=http://news.bbc.co.uk http://google.com/url?sa=p&pref=ig&pval=2&q=%68%74%74%70%3A%2F%2F%77%77%77%2E%62%62%63%2E%63%6F%2E%75%6B%2F I don't think this is much use for a scam; sure, it can to hide the real destination address, but it doesn't let you replace it with a bogus one, and besides, if you get an email from your bank telling you to update your account but the link says google.com, isn't that /more/ likely to make people suspicious and less likely to fool them then if it just had a domain name in plain text that was just very-similar-but-not-quite-the-same as the real bank name? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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