The recent potential premature disclosure of Westpac's annual results in a poorly-constructed e-mail was like blood in the water for Adobe, which is now eagerly trying to sell the bank electronic document security.
Another fraudulent e-mail is doing the rounds, this one attempting to trick people into providing their Westpac bank account details.
US-based gaming Web site, The Game Monsters, has been implicated in the latest of round of phishing scams targeting Westpac customers, according to security experts.
Just weeks after Westpac's online banking systems were crippled by a Denial of Service (DoS) attack, it is warning customers about a new wave of hoax e-mails.
Westpac customers have been targeted by scammers seeking their customer number and password.
Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.
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Phishing complaints from Westpac customers have massively declined since the height of the hoax last year, according to the bank.
It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.
Individuals have been warned about the threat of identity theft for years. Now it's the turn of businesses.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.
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