http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/26/voice_phishing/
Give it up after the tone By John Leyden Published Monday 26th June 2006 12:01 GMT Get The Register's new weekly newsletter for senior IT managers delivered to your in-box, click here. Hi-tech fraudsters have begun using recorded telephone messages in a bid to trick users into handing over confidential account information. The tactic has been adopted as a variant of recently detected phishing attacks targeting customers of the Santa Barbara Bank & Trust. The attack begins with a spoofed email message (commonly with the subject line "Message 156984 Client's Details Confirmation (Santa Barbara Bank & Trust"). Instead of seeking to persuade users to visit a bogus website, these emails direct them towards phoning a number in Southern California. When potential marks dial the phone number, a recording requests that they enter their account number. Net security firm Websense notes that the recorded message does not mention the Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, a sign that the same phone line is potentially being lined up for fraudulent attacks targeting the customers of other online banks or ecommerce firms. (r) Gregory S. Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
