Looks like phishing fraudsters are using really cool technology to dupe us and even the antivirus vendors. Just be careful and check your emails carefully when you get any to change your passwords for online bank or website accounts.
To protect yourself, you might want to look at the Microsoft Phishing Filter that runs with the MSN Toolbar to scan and help identify suspicious Web sites, and provides up-to-the-hour updates and reporting on known phishing sites. And besides, the MSN Toolbar is cool too as it allows you to open tabs for your internet surfing.
The RSA Cyota Anti-Fraud Command Center (AFCC) at RSA Security announced this week that it has discovered that online fraudsters have developed a new phishing technique in response to increasingly aggressive moves to identify and shut down phishing sites.
RSA Security announced this week that it has discovered that online fraudsters have developed a new phishing technique in response to increasingly aggressive moves to identify and shut down phishing sites. This new type of attack, known as a Smart Redirection Attack, is designed to ensure that potential phishing victims always link to a live website.
For a Smart Redirection Attack, the fraudster creates a number of similar phishing websites based at different locations. All of the emails received by consumers contain URLs that direct the victim to an IP address that hosts the 'smart redirector'. When the potential victim clicks on the link, the 'redirector' checks all related phishing websites, identifies which sites are still live, and invisibly redirects the user to one of them.
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