Think twice before taking on Phishing Fraudsters
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Phishers are striking back at folks who dare talk back at them. Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research at SecureWorks says scammers are now building into their scams, provisions to punish those who try to retaliate.
In a recent expose, Stewart uncovered phishers who were using a criminal computer network called Asprox to do this. The network, which is 50,000 computer-strong, punished retaliators by launching a multi-level attack kit called Neosploit against them.
Phishers commonly send out emails pretending to be one financial institution or the other. The emails contain links to websites that closely resemble official websites and urge their recipients to submit their confidential financial information like net banking login usernames and passwords here.
All those who tinker with the links in the scam emails or play with the login section of the phishing websites, are programmed to receive the attack. This includes those who enter swear words in place of login info, submit an incomplete form or specifically use the word “phish” while filling out the form.
Those running not-recently-updated versions of Windows or having plug-ins like QuickTime and Flash installed in their browsers, are especially at risk, warns Stewart.
Source: ComputerWorld.co.nz
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January 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
i received this email scam Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:55 PM