Phishing via SMS – crooks target Australian mobile banking users

  • 12 February 2016
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12 Feb 2016  by Paul Ducklin
 
                                                   


 
For better or for worse, most of us are familiar with bank-related phishing.
 
That’s where a crook tricks you into clicking a link that looks as though it belongs to your bank, and then presents you with one or more login screens that look like your bank.
 
The idea is that by making the experience seem familiar enough, and look realistic enough, you will simply “do what you usually do,” filling in the requested fields and clicking [Next>].
 
We’ve written many times about this sort of trickery, along with lots of advice to help you avoid it.
 
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I'll say this again over and over, when the bank is involved call on the phone or go directly down to your bank for important business.
DO NOT fill in the blanks over the net.

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