What do you do when you receive an email from an online
financial company that you regularly deal with, informing you
about the completion of a transaction that you never did in the
first place? There's a good chance you might lose your senses
for a short while. That's exactly what people behind this new
Phishing scam targeting eBay customers are hoping for!
The advanced AntiVirus, AntiSpam and Content Security solution
provider MicroWorld Technologies says a new email in circulation
tries to pilfer confidential account information of eBay
customers by sending them a tricky phishing mail. Appearing as a
routine confirmation message from eBay, it tells the recipient
that she has sent $249.20 to an email address at aol.com.
Then it shows a Transaction ID and Subject to numb the
unsuspecting victim. To view the details of the transaction, she
is told to click on a link. It ends with a 'thank you for using
eBay' line, deliberately used to aggravate the user. Once she
clicks on the 'view details' link, a new page opens up where her
account information will be captured by online criminals behind
the scam.
"At the end of the day, a phisher's goal is to make you visit
the spoof website of any reputable organization, and they will
try every trick in the trade to achieve this end," observes
Sunil Kripalani, Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing,
MicroWorld Technologies. "With so much awareness being spread by
various agencies and considerable coverage in mainstream media,
one would tend to think that it's hard to fool people in this
fashion any more. But the facts tell you a different story."
According to Sunil, Phishing scams still manage to loot millions
out of people's bank and other accounts every year, while the
far reaching impact of loss of personal information like Social
Security Number, Date of Birth and Mother' Maiden Name goes
largely unnoticed by many.
"The most disturbing trend in Phishing in recent times is theexplains Sunil.
rise of Man-in the-Middle Attacks which enable an online
criminal to sit live between the spoof site and the original,
and manipulate the stolen data to his advantage in real time. It
means a few seconds after the criminal gets the data from the
Phishing site, he loots the victims account. With customizable
kits available in the online grey market, even a not-so tech
savvy guy can run such an attack,"
MicroWorld Technologies provides highly advanced protection for
their users from Phishing mails and other spam mails by
employing a multi-layered email filtering mechanism. Its eScan
and MailScan range of products are used by over a million
customers worldwide in safeguarding their computers. *Phishing:
Identity Theft using spoofed emails
MicroWorld
MicroWorld Technologies (www.mwti.net) is the developer of
highly advanced AntiVirus, Content Security and Firewall
software solutions eScan, MailScan, and eConceal. MicroWorld
Winsock Layer (MWL) is the revolutionary technology that powers
most of MicroWorld products enabling them to achieve several
certifications and awards by some of the most prestigious
testing bodies, notable among them being Virus Bulletin,
Checkmark, TUCOWS, Red Hat Ready and Novell Ready.
For more information, please visitwww.mwti.net
About the author:
Btv Raj is the Content Writer and Creative Visualizer of
MicroWorld Technologies.
Author: btv raj
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