After MasterCard, Visa Gets Scammed Too
Written by IT News on 4:39 PM By: Bogdan Popa, Security and Search Engines Editor
Following last week's report that MasterCard holders have been targeted by phishing schemes are trying to steal their private financial details, it was only a matter of time until the visa consumers joined the club. Security company Sophos reported today that the new fraudulent was found, this time targeting a visa holders. As in the other attacks in the past, malicious e-mails arriving at the Visa users inboxes attempts to bring them to dangerous web page that asks for all kinds of details.
This time, the letter alleges that, as visa holders, users must sign up for the "Verified by Visa" technology, which "protects your existing visa card with password you create, giving you the assurance that only you can use your Visa card online .
"The letter has been forged with verifiedbyvisa.com" From address, as well as provides numerous references to the real Verified by Visa page. "activate now" button, however, takes you to the phishing page is hosted on the computer domain Savio Lau of Sophos Labs wrote.
As already mentioned, phishing site requires all kinds of parts, starting with general information about the user and ending financial powers, including here at 3 - digital ID security, ATM fist and Visa card number. Nevertheless, there is a sign that shows clearly affected by the fraud, that the site is a fake, and not a genuine one: "by the reference to the key security, however, takes the user to Yahoo! Security Key page," the official explained in Sophos .
"If nothing is a user visits this link, chances are they will get suspicious and start interesting that Yahoo! identifiers should do with Checked visa. Well, this phishing site is not very well constructed. substitution The campaign also lacks enticing purchase 16% discount from the previous attempt. hoped that not even alert users will recognize this substitution attempts from the inadequacy of the site. on the other hand, warn computer users to use safe computing practices that are not clicked on the link in the first place. "
Following last week's report that MasterCard holders have been targeted by phishing schemes are trying to steal their private financial details, it was only a matter of time until the visa consumers joined the club. Security company Sophos reported today that the new fraudulent was found, this time targeting a visa holders. As in the other attacks in the past, malicious e-mails arriving at the Visa users inboxes attempts to bring them to dangerous web page that asks for all kinds of details.This time, the letter alleges that, as visa holders, users must sign up for the "Verified by Visa" technology, which "protects your existing visa card with password you create, giving you the assurance that only you can use your Visa card online .
"The letter has been forged with verifiedbyvisa.com" From address, as well as provides numerous references to the real Verified by Visa page. "activate now" button, however, takes you to the phishing page is hosted on the computer domain Savio Lau of Sophos Labs wrote.
As already mentioned, phishing site requires all kinds of parts, starting with general information about the user and ending financial powers, including here at 3 - digital ID security, ATM fist and Visa card number. Nevertheless, there is a sign that shows clearly affected by the fraud, that the site is a fake, and not a genuine one: "by the reference to the key security, however, takes the user to Yahoo! Security Key page," the official explained in Sophos .
"If nothing is a user visits this link, chances are they will get suspicious and start interesting that Yahoo! identifiers should do with Checked visa. Well, this phishing site is not very well constructed. substitution The campaign also lacks enticing purchase 16% discount from the previous attempt. hoped that not even alert users will recognize this substitution attempts from the inadequacy of the site. on the other hand, warn computer users to use safe computing practices that are not clicked on the link in the first place. "
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