Spam Filtering: June 2006 Archives
When the phisher can't even get the path to the images right you really do have to wonder how successful they are going to be.
Today's AIB phish contained the following:
Because of unusual number of invalid login attempts on your account, we had to believe that, there might be some security problem/trespass on your account. So we have decided to put an extra verification process to ensure your identity and your account security. Please click on the link below to sign-in to your Online Banking to continue to the verification process to ensure your account security. It is all about your security.Now why do I feel that my bank didn't write that text?
Amazon have been targetted this time:
The site it links to seems to have been taken down already though :)
(My greylisting the mail for 14 hours may have helped!)
The site it links to seems to have been taken down already though :)
(My greylisting the mail for 14 hours may have helped!)
Barclays is being targetted by yet another phishing scam. This one takes you to site in Korea!
Unlike Irish banks Barclays DO provide a mechanism for reporting phishers. Now hard can that be?
Screenshot of the email below:
The mail came courtesy of Comcast, while the site is in Korea.. Nothing special on the site itself. Just your usual collection of crazy questions
The mail came courtesy of Comcast, while the site is in Korea.. Nothing special on the site itself. Just your usual collection of crazy questions
Julian has had the MailScanner site revamped completely. It looks a lot more professional than before, though it may need some tweaking...
AIB personal customers are the targets of the latest Irish bank phishing attack. The attackers this time entice people to "log in" to "update" their details due to the install of new SSL:
Dear Sir/Madam, AIB Internet Banking always looks forward for the high security of our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from AIB Internet Banking advising them to follow a link to what appear to be a AIB Internet Banking web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. AIB Internet Banking is in no way involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us. AIB Internet Banking is proud to announce about their new updated secure system. We updated our new SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and secure online banking service. Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to please update your account info at the following link.Usual link in the email to a page on a remote server where you can well and truly phished..........
