[pchelpers] News:Phar out! Phishers are now pharming

By Frank Walker
May 28, 2006 - 1:04PM

If the phishers don't get you the pharmers will, police have warned.

People are now getting wary of the scam called phishing - where people 
are sent emails claiming to be from their bank asking them to "confirm" 
their account details and passwords.

A recent phishing attack on Commonwealth Bank customers fooled very few 
people into disclosing their internet banking details.

But now comes an even more dangerous scam called pharming, where hackers 
secretly redirect users' computers from financial sites to the scammers' 
fake sites that look almost exactly the same as the real ones.

People type in their account details and passwords unaware they have 
been hijacked to a scammer's "pharm" site.

More here:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/phar-out-phishers-are-now-pharming/2006/05/28/1148754859590.html
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