Phishing attacks are continually evolving, as fraudsters develop new strategies and quickly refine them in an effort to stay a step ahead of banking customers and the security community. Here are some of the phishing trends and innovations we noted in 2005…
Open redirects became a favorite method for phishing attacks to "borrow" the URL and credibility of a trusted web site. Redirects are common on large web sites, where server side scripts are employed to redirect users to different parts of the site.
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Another interesting development has been "spear phishing", where the attack is tightly targeted to a certain group, for instance specific individuals within a corporation.
A client of mine recently took down a site attacking credit unions with emails targeting Director level employees. Here's the story:
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