Bank Customers Attacked in Latest Phishing Email, says eScan
MUMBAI, INDIA- December 18, 2013
Numerous
Maybank customers recently might have fallen into the trap of phishing
emails. The emails were sent with an intention to steal the username and
passwords of the customers. The phishing site was modulated in such a
way that at every step an email containing the customer's data was
transmitted to the attacker via email. The email invited users to click
on Maybank phishing websites and once the customer filled the phishing
form and clicked on submit button, post entering the username and
password, the details were immediately sent to the attacker.
In
the five step process, attacker himself logs-in into the banking site,
using the stolen credentials, meanwhile the bank sends the TAC to the
victim's contact number. The victim provides the TAC to the phishing
page, which is received by the attacker via email and is able to
complete the online verification process and hence gets complete access
of the victim's bank account. The attacker is free to carry swindler
activities. In this real-time phishing attack, the victim is left
clueless and cybercriminals can siphon off the money.
Cyber
frauds can use this information and can even change the banking
credentials to suck the money before the customer notices that he was
been defrauded.
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