Phishers Targeting Domain Registrars
CircleID reports that a new phishing scam is targeting domain name registrars and registrants. The emails attempt to get passwords of domain registrants. Although it's not clear yet what the motives are, phishers may be trying to steal domain names outright for profit, or use the information to hijack the domain registration of financial institutions and surreptitiously redirect the domain names to their own servers. Other comments suggest that phishers could possibly create Web sites under sub domains of existing domain names, or access credit card and address information associated with accounts.
