[pchelpers] News: NAB customers baited in email 'phishing' scam

 James Riley
December 27, 2005

ONLINE fraudsters have targeted National Australia Bank customers over 
Christmas with a flood of hoax emails designed to trick account holders 
into revealing their internet banking details.

NAB has called for help from the Federal Police's Australian High Tech 
Crime Centre to track the source of tens of thousands of hoax emails 
sent to internet users. Known as "phishing", this type of scam is a 
major contributor to Australia's $1.2 billion online crime industry 
being operated by sophisticated organised crime networks, according to 
the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT), which tracks 
viruses, hacker attacks and online fraud.

The latest hoax email contains a legitimate-looking NAB letter 
requesting that customers forward their account number and passwords to 
the bank so it can proceed with a "planned software upgrade".

When opened, the email also deposits a "Trojan horse" virus on the 
customer's computer that tracks keystrokes, sniffing for sensitive 
security information such as passwords and banking details.

More here:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17668502%255E2702,00.html

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