News : eBay redirect attack puts buyers' credentials at risk

[Anonymous]

Headline : eBay redirect attack puts buyers' credentials at risk.

Excerpt from the ~ Link "EBay has been compromised so that people who clicked on some of its links were automatically diverted to a site designed to steal their credentials."

"The US firm was alerted to the hack on Wednesday night but removed the listings only after a follow-up call from the BBC more than 12 hours later."


My Thoughts :
This may have been only one listing (as far is known) but it still causes concern and shows we must be very cautious.

Source : BBC News.
Read more here : http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29241563

[anticpated]

I don't use ebay for purchases much at all. As a precaution i use https everywhere and noscript extensions in chrome. Also i use rapport on secure forms which can detect screen capture and keylogging.

I think the potential to be csught out by advances in web hacks has greatly risen.

[Cleoriff]

The hack was on the news but certainly received far less press that the one a few months back?

I was quite concerned as I thought 'Oh...is this going to be the 'norm' now?...therefore doesn't require as much publicity'....?

[MI5]

Yes, pretty much the norm in terms of how the scumbags operate - You gotta be on your toes at all times........

[anticpated]

NoScript might be Firefox actually...although Chrome has something similar.

[anticpated]

The biggest culprit for XSS (Cross-side Scripting) is the government job website with all of their fake job adverts.

[Bambino]

If you use a Windows desktop or laptop, there's a very good free program called KeyScrambler, which encrypts all your keystrokes as you type. I've used it for years. There are free and paid for versions, but for the average user, the free version is enough.

https://www.qfxsoftware.com/ks-windows/which-keyscrambler.htm

[MI5]

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@Bambino wrote:

If you use a Windows desktop or laptop, there's a very good free program called KeyScrambler, which encrypts all your keystrokes as you type. I've used it for years. There are free and paid for versions, but for the average user, the free version is enough.

https://www.qfxsoftware.com/ks-windows/which-keyscrambler.htm

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Good info Bambino

[Cleoriff]

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@Bambino wrote:

If you use a Windows desktop or laptop, there's a very good free program called KeyScrambler, which encrypts all your keystrokes as you type. I've used it for years. There are free and paid for versions, but for the average user, the free version is enough.

https://www.qfxsoftware.com/ks-windows/which-keyscrambler.htm

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Thanks for that bambino....I will pass the info on to my o/h. He will be delighted with it also

[jonsie]

Trying it out as we speak @Bambino