Phishing attacks get clever

Thursday, 5 February 2004 19:53 EST

Phishing attacks are reaching a point of sophistication where even the most internet-savvy user could be fooled, said the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) on Wednesday. Phishing is where unsuspecting users receive emails that attempt to fool them into disclosing online banking passwords, by sending them to a site that mimics the look and feel of their bank's own site. However, according to the APGW, the organisations targeted by phishers have diversified and the phishers' HTML skills have greatly improved.

The APWG was formed in November 2003 to provide a forum for financial institutions and other organisations, such as eBay, to share information in order to deal with the increasing number of phishing incidents. Dave Jevans, chairman of the APWG and a senior executive of security specialist Tumbleweed Communications, said that in the US, customers of ISPs have become a common target and he expects customers of UK ISPs to come under attack in the near future.

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