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The Web Hacking Incidents Database
Last update:17 February 2008
List of Incidents for a Classification
Please note that classifications are a new feature and not all entries in WHID are already classified, so when you get a certain number of entries for a classification, WHID might have more records matching that classification that we did not classify yet. We hope to complete the classification process soon.
Select classification:
Attack Method, Country, Location, Origin, Outcome, Software, Vertical Select criteria for classification "Outcome":
Blackmail, Chaos, Deceit, Defacement, Disclosure Only, Downtime, Extortion, Identity Theft, Information Warfare, Leakage of Information, Link Spam, Loss of Sales, Monetary Loss, Phishing, Planting of Malware, Political Defacement, Spam, Worm
List of incidents for which Outcome is Phishing
4 incidents listed
Reported: 09 January 2008Occurred: 08 January 2008
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Country: Italy
- Outcome: Phishing
- Vertical: Finance
It has been a while since a phishing scam using XSS vulnerability found its way to the Web Hacking Incidents database (SunTrust, WHID 2004-11). The current incident is a good example of what does and does not get into our database: XSS vulnerabilities in public web sites are discovered daily and reported in sites such as XSSed, however most of these vulnerabilities are not included in WHID for lack of public interest. The current incident is different since the vulnerability is known to be exploited by attackers, moving it from the realm of technical interest to the realm of a real problem.
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Reported: 07 November 2007Occurred: 02 November 2007
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Redirection
- Country: Global
- Outcome: Phishing
- Vertical: Internet
While most WHID entries are about web
site breaches, sometimes vulnerability in a web application is used indirectly. Redirection functions in web applications are commonly used by spammers and phishers. It allows them
to include a honest looking URL in their e-mail, this way bypassing
spam filters and observant users.
Symantec response team found actively
used alternative in the best known page on the internet: Google primary search page. By using the Google famous "I feel lucky" feature, the spammer can automatically lead the victim to
the first result of a search. All the spammer is left with is finding a
query for which his site would pop up first on Google.
This method has another advantage over a redirection page,
as the final target is specified by a search string and not by a URL,
bypassing smarter filters that know, or learn, that a URL as a parameter of a URL is most probably redirection.
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Reported: 18 April 2006Occurred: 17 April 2006
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Outcome: Phishing
An XSS vulnerability in Yahoo Mail is actively exploited for targeted phishing.
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Reported: Occurred: 28 September 2004
Classifications:
- Attack Method: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Country: USA
- Outcome: Phishing
- Vertical: Finance
Phishing based on XSS
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