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Home › Phishing › Phishing scam and fake address bar

Phishing scam and fake address bar

Myantispyware team June 12, 2006     No Comment    

Viruslist blog reported about interesting Javascript.

This script runs maximized in the browser and presents the user with a window which looks like this:

fake address bar

As you can see, there is an Address field in the window which says “https://www.paypal.com/us”, but it is not the real browser address editbox! It’s a special field inside the Java applet which makes it look like it’s part of the browser window. Do note the real website address, as displayed by Opera – www.skycar.net.cn, in the blue bar. However, users who aren’t too careful about entering their PayPal data on websites might well be fooled.

Interestingly, Firefox doesn’t fall for this “trick” – it shows the fake “address bar” for a short time, then it hides it.

Phishing

Author: Myantispyware team

Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

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