Re: The Phish that isn't Going Away

"Mike Easter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> spamacyde wrote:
> > I reported a phish containing the link
> > http://www.qcywblysecurity-ep.info to Spamcop(unfortunately forgot to
> > save Spamcop's link), Ebay and Paypal.
>
> www.qcywblysecurity-ep.info  =  premium7.geo.yahoo7.akadns.net
>
> That is a yahoo site.
>
> > It's still live 12 hours
> > later.
>
> That isn't surprising.  Yahoo isn't particularly responsive about
> squashing their customers, even the ones which are running illegal
> operations.
>
> > Could somebody tell me if there is a security risk visiting
> > it?
>
> If you visit websites insecurely, you are at risk.
>
> > It offers up a cookie and I rejected  it.  How much damage could
> > the cookie have done?
>
> Cookies cannot do damage.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie   An
> HTTP cookie, or a Web cookie, is a parcel of text sent by a server to a
> web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it
> accesses that server.
>
> > Also has anybody had any luck getting Yahoo to
> > cough up the identity of a phisher?
>
> The identity?
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Easter
> kibitzer, not SC admin
>

Thanks, Mike!

Identity = Name of spammer on his drivers license  and other info  with
which to prosecute.  If somebody is convicted of trying to pick your pocket,
they are punished regardless of whether they were succeessful. Apparently
with phishing,  you have to steel 50 bucks or more.   Somebody correct me if
I'm wrong.

The site now no longer exists.  Imagine that :)