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April 26, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Phishers take to VOIP
updated | The latest phishing example takes the social engineering of online fraud to the next level by using Internet telephony to copy a bank's automated voice system to steal customers' passwords, and other sensitive information.
Cloudmark, which intercepted the attack, said it was a new style of attack, having started this month.
But with the low-cost of VOIP, and the fact that a bank's interactive voice response system was virtually copied, it seems this could be the next big thing in phishing as people learn not to trust links sent to their in-boxes.
The use has not been widespread, but with the concept well ant truly in the wild it seems it will be soon.
With Sender ID and other email authentication systems under way, is it time for a phishing-fighting caller ID handset that cross checks numbers in a blacklist database?
Or maybe just a dose of healthy skepticism for any phone number sent by e-mail along with any e-mail address.
Posted by Mike Barton on April 26, 2006 11:15 AM
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