A new phishing email has been spotted, which purports to offer a warning from PayPal about security measures.
The suspicious message appears to link to a website hosted on a server in Australia and displays a page that mimics the log-in site for PayPal.
If the user falls victim to the scam, any information they enter on the fake login page is automatically sent to the cybercriminals behind the scam.
The report from MillerSmiles says the email was detected on Monday and advises that the eBay-owned payments and money transfer service would not ask for personal information from users in this way.
Fortunately, the threat no longer exists at this time because the malicious website has been taken offline.
Phishing websites do not have a very long lifespan , as they are detected within a few hours by automated systems. Furthermore, once detected, most of the time users of major browsers on the market are notified and block access, with a warning message displayed instead of the malicious content.
However, this phishing technique is common and scammers still have a chance during these few hours to target victims.
