Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread James Cloos
> "PG" == Peter Gutmann writes: PG> Even though, according to the second article I referenced, Paypal said it was PG> a phishing site and said they'd take it down? It looks like paypal aquired it around the date of that article, and registered it with Markmonitor: Domain Name: PAYPAL-CO

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Natanael
That's trademarks, not copyright, and they get it transfered IF they request it and the original owner did not have a valid reason to use that domain with the trademarked name/phrase. And either way, reusing previously malicious domains for legit purposes is probably THE WORST method ever of accid

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Tom Ritter
On 13 August 2013 07:00, Peter Gutmann wrote: > Erwann Abalea writes: > >>Looks like paypal-communication.com is a legit domain owned by "Paypal, Inc". > > Even though, according to the second article I referenced, Paypal said it was > a phishing site and said they'd take it down? When sites hav

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
Erwann Abalea writes: >Looks like paypal-communication.com is a legit domain owned by "Paypal, Inc". Even though, according to the second article I referenced, Paypal said it was a phishing site and said they'd take it down? Peter. ___ cryptography ma

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Erwann Abalea
The serial number you find in the subject of an EV certificate is the registration number of the company (Paypal Inc, in Delaware). There's absolutely no problem in having different certificates with this repeating serial number (in the subject), as long as they are delivered to the right company.

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread wasa bee
given the images seen on the links, both certs are signed by the same entity (i cannot see the pubKey ID but issuer names match), yet have the same serial number 3014267. Isn't the (serial number + issuer pub key identifier) supposed to be unique and identify a cert uniquely? is it common practice

Re: [cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Peter Gutmann wrote: > I recently got a another of the standard phishing emails for Paypal, directing > me to https://email-edg.paypal.com, which redirects to > https://view.paypal-communication.com, which has a PayPal EV certificate from > Verisign. According to

[cryptography] Paypal phish using EV certificate

2013-08-13 Thread Peter Gutmann
I recently got a another of the standard phishing emails for Paypal, directing me to https://email-edg.paypal.com, which redirects to https://view.paypal-communication.com, which has a PayPal EV certificate from Verisign. According to this post http://www.onelogin.com/a-paypal-phishing-attack/