Yahoo Redirection Used in Phishing Email
Today, I got a phishing email using a Yahoo redirection. People who claim redirection isn’t a problem read on. Indeed, the URL also uses Dword encoding to further make the URL obfuscated. Here’s the URL:
Notice the Dword there? 1115019674 That translates to 66.117.217.154:
OrgName: Fuse Internet Access
OrgID: FIAI
Address: 209 W. Seventh St.
Address: MS 121-550
City: Cincinnati
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 45202
Country: US
How someone could ever figure out what that URL was without clicking on it who wasn’t already familiar with phishing schemes, I’ll never know. Phishing is partly social engineering, and my trust in Yahoo is what makes me think, “Sure, I believe that Yahoo could theoretically have some arrangement with other companies to redirect traffic.” The fact that mega companies with known brands have these holes makes this a big problem.
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