Comments on: Phishers targeting local bank clients

By: It’s hip2b2 (Mobile, Security, Web 2.0, Pipe Dreams and More) » Blog Archive » Out Catching Some Phishers!

Sat, 13 May 2006 03:29:03 +0000

[...] After reading the PinoyTechBlog articles entitled Phishing: are local banks doing enough? and Phishers targeting local bank clients, I checked my SPAM folder and noticed a good number of Metrobank Phishing emails inside it. Even until today, I just got a new one. So, I decided to do a bit of Internet forensics. [...]

By: Phishing: are local banks doing enough? -- Pinoy Tech Blog - The Philippines’ Premier Technology Blog

Tue, 09 May 2006 05:17:07 +0000

[...] A previous post by J. Angelo Racoma mentions that customers of Metrobank are now the target of phishing attacks. I have always believed that the best defense against this type of attack is user awareness. Have our local banks done enough to educate their customers? [...]

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Sat, 06 May 2006 11:24:38 +0000

Unfortunately, not everyone is aware of the dangers of clicking email links or filling in web forms without adequately checking the authenticity of the email/site.

By: selaplana

selaplana — Sat, 06 May 2006 02:49:37 +0000

asking account number and password is an obvious way of collecting personal information. Trojan and Viruses collect information without our knowledge on its activities

By: Shinrai

Shinrai — Fri, 05 May 2006 15:05:15 +0000

Good thing I only use bookmarks or type the actual address of the online banking site.

For Firefox users, I think there is an anti-phishing extension they can use.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Fri, 05 May 2006 08:50:10 +0000

“Not true. A lot of Filipinos with accounts in Citibank have been attacked by these scams.”

Oh yes, I forgot the foreign banks.

By: Monsolo

Monsolo — Fri, 05 May 2006 08:13:26 +0000

“These types of social engineering tactics used to affect only those in the west, in terms of the danger of losing your financial information to unscrupulous individuals/groups.”

Not true. A lot of Filipinos with accounts in Citibank have been attacked by these scams.