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Story: Banks under fire as phishing attacks accelerate

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Posted by: 1000333946 (Wednesday 19 March 2008, 3:46 PM)

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Irish banks already in phishing firing line for 3 years

RSA's apparent claim that Ireland's banks have somehow evaded the scourge of phishing attacks until the last few weeks is demonstrably ill-informed.

Envisional and other Internet intelligence companies have tracked repeated assaults targeting customers of Bank of Ireland, in particular, since early 2005.

These attacks have used the full range of tried and tested approaches, from the "Security Upgrade Notification" and "Your account has been suspended" gambits to a cynical invitation to "Secure your account against fraudsters".

Perhaps the Irish aren't all that lucky, after all.

-- Ian Shircore, Envisional/NetNames

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