Jon Ison
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 04:51 PM |
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Don't think i should reply to this ??
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From : accounts@halifax.co.uk <accounts@halifax.co.uk>
Sent : 02 December 2004 02:13:17
To : jon
Subject : Halifax Internet banking Notice
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Internet Security Notice
Dear Customer,
Dear client of the Halifax Internet banking,
Technical services of the bank are carrying out a planned software upgrade
for the maximum convenience of the users of online-services of the Halifax Bank.
We earnestly ask you to visit the following link and to confirm you bank data:
http://www.halifax.co.uk/onlineservices/login.asp
This instruction has been sent to all bank customers and is obligatory to
follow.
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Thank you for using Halifax !
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Accounts Management
Do not reply to this email.
Copyright © 2004 Halifax
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mookaloid
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 04:54 PM |
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Do people really fall for this stuff?
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 05:00 PM |
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beleive it or not these people make millions of pounds every year.......
was talking to a bloke the other week who is already booked to go to holland and collect his euro lottery money....... and had paid the £1500 admin
fee!!! I tried but just could not persuade him that it was all a con. Guess he learnt the hard way
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 06:18 PM |
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i had one of those today.
even tho i dont have a halifax account
never ever ever give details out on those things.
you mean to say that a company the size of halifax has to rely on all of its millions of customers, re-entering their personal details, or it all goes
wrong.
I owe halifax money - they have my mortgage. would be tragic if they forgot all about that cso i didnt fill in a form ....
atb
steve
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 06:20 PM |
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Dodgy Emails
Hey, I've just has one of those!!
And I also had one from Lloyds/TSB, all decked out with the correct logos etc.
BTW - I'm not a Lloyd's customer, so I knew something was dodgy. Looks a very professional scam.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 06:27 PM |
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phishing threats
Some of the banks are re- issuing some 200 thousand credit cards after the security was breached DIY phishing kits are now floating round cyber
space............
See this bbc writeup http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3707290.stm
Users face new phishing threats
Login page of online bank, BBC
Online bank users have been hit by phishing attacks
Phishing attacks that try to steal personal information could soon be a lot nastier warns a security expert.
Sophisticated tricks that make fake messages look more plausible could mean many more people fall victim warns researcher Markus Jakobsson.
These new attacks could exploit online social networks or tune messages to an individual's circumstances, he said.
To combat these new types of attack, Mr Jakobsson recommends reducing how much personal data people share.
Clever criminals
Phishing attacks have become more prevalent recently as net-savvy criminals find better ways to make their fake e-mail messages look legitimate.
Some of the most sophisticated phishing e-mail messages refer people to sites that look exactly the same as the website of whichever financial firm or
online company they are targeting.
Coding tricks can hide the real locations of these fake sites and many people have unwittingly handed over key information such as login names,
passwords and account numbers.
One recent attack overlaid the browsing bar on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser with a fully functioning fake to hide the true origins of
the site users were looking at.
Network cable being unscrewed, Eyewire
Phishing gangs might fake network problems
But Markus Jacobsson, co-director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, at Indiana University said future attacks could be even more
sophisticated and, as a result, catch even more people out.
"I came up with the worst kind of attacks I could think of and then worked on how to defend against them," he said.
Future phishing attacks could be "context aware" said Mr Jakobsson and take advantage of what attackers can find out about potential
victims.
An example of such an attack would involve e-mails sent to people who bid on an item in an eBay auction. The e-mail could falsely claim that a person
had won the auction and ask them for personal details to complete the sale.
Another such attack could mine social networks, such as Orkut, to find out who knows whom and use the names it finds to create fake e-mails that look
like they come from a victim's friends or relatives.
"A phisher can find out whether a person in your 'personal network' list is a wife, a husband, a sister or a business associate, and
take advantage of that," he said.
A third type of attack could fake a problem with a user's net access and then send an e-mail posing as a service firm keen to fix the
problem.
Mr Jakobsson suspects that such sophisticated attacks could catch out up to 50% of people. Statistics show that a maximum of 3% of people fall victim
to current phishing e-mail attacks.
While technology will help combat some of these attacks, Mr Jakobsson said action needed to be taken by users too.
"Personal information should only be displayed publicly on Web sites if it is absolutely necessary, or if a user gives his or her specific
assent, knowing the risks," he said.
"Government can help by requesting or requiring these changes," said Mr Jakobsson.
[Edited on 2-12-04 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 06:45 PM |
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this is another really clever one. simple idea, but i had no idea the device looked so real:
shocking shite. would you notice everytime you use an ATM?
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 07:13 PM |
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I had the Halifax one this morning.
If you fill in a false name and password and put your fathers name ( Abraham Lincoln) it takes you to a secure site with a warning from Halifax that
they never ask for your details via email in a big red panel....edit:- I don't use Halifax Internet Banking.
[Edited on 2/12/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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skinny
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| posted on 3/12/04 at 03:40 PM |
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yeah, same for pretty much all banks etc now - they will never ask for your details.
if you don't fail, you aren't trying hard enough.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 3/12/04 at 04:05 PM |
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Have great fun with these filling in random details!
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wheelsinsteadofhooves
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| posted on 3/12/04 at 04:11 PM |
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had one from "paypal" not long ago, but sent from aol address. as if anywould fall for that! shows theres some budget scammers out there
too, prob getting rich too
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