Phishers Bypass Browser Filters
Unlike spam emails that try to direct users to a phishing site via a URL, this one is able to bypass the browser's anti-phishing filter and blacklist by locally storing the page. "And once the user inputs his information and sends it off to a PHP script on a legitimate website, it gets redirected to the bad guys, and they get the information," he says. "The user is none the wiser because it redirects [him] to actual sites," such as PayPal, for instance.
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