Phishing Attack Attempts to Steal Consumer Data via Bogus Live-Chat Support

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Phishing Attack Attempts to Steal Consumer Data via Bogus Live-Chat Support

By CircleID Reporter
September 16, 2009, 8:47 pm PDT Views: 7,156 Add Comment

Security experts at RSA Research Lab have reported the discovery of a new type of phishing attack targeted against online banking customers that combines a typical phishing website with a live change session initiated by fraudsters. The technique dubbed “Chat-in-the-Middle” not only attempts to trick customers into entering their usernames and passwords into a phishing site but obtains further sensitive information (such as answers to secret questions used by banks to authenticate customers). According to the report, this attack is currently targeting a single U.S.-based financial institution, however operators of all online banking websites are cautioned.

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