Beware the Fake Ebay warnings via Email

[DoNotInsertIntoMouth]

Just a warning to people:

 

As of now, everyone knows about the Ebay breach. A sad thing that unfortunately comes out of this is all the "Script kiddies" who jump on the back of big data breaches like this to prey on people's fears and make a buck 

 

(a script kiddie is basically someone who considers themselves a hacker, but sort of does basic things to piggyback onto others exploits, or can only take advantage of an easy situation)

 

SO, watch for Ebay email alerts, and especially Paypal ones. People will make fake emails (email is insanely easy to spoof and manipulate) saying "Warning your account has been breached!" or something of that nature, with a link to change a password. This can trick a lot of people into clicking embedded links that install code on your machine that can do all sorts of things to keylog and steal all your passwords, or install a crap load of spyware on your PC.

 

So basically, I would watch for the following:

 

1. Don't click on or act on an Ebay message via Email. Only do it from "My Ebay".

 

2. Don't do anything with Paypal except from the Website while logged in.

 

Sadly, stuff like this happens all the time and the people on the backend of a breach end up doing almost as much damage as the people who stole all the data.

[@rtisan]

Great advice! Safety has always got to come first. Enough people get *ed over online as it is by shady people. Thanks for sharing!

[TheOrcKing]

This sounds similar to the fake emails you may get where they appear to come from the site you use and say something about needing to update your information to then follow up by asking about your password or something like that. Anyone ever had their bank supposedly call them and then the person on the line asks for your pin number? As Stephen Colbert once said, FRAUD!