eBay scrambles to fix phishing bug
Filed in: Security — March 5th, 2005
eBay is fighting to repair a software glitch that opens the door to phishing attacks using one of its own legitimate URLs.
The online auction giant is working on a fix for the problem, and it hopes to distribute that fix among its Web pages in the next several days, a company representative said on Friday. The problem, described by the company as a “software bug,” could be exploited by criminals to create an actual eBay link that redirects customers to a malicious site, the representative said.
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