Re: Phishers can include (physical) address of victim too

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:

> --clip--
> Viruslist.com reports about the case where
>
> ....the phisher included not only the email of the intended victim, but also the postal address.
>
> Sample case and image via Kaspersky Viruslist blog
> http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=198006040
> --clip--
>
> The whole story at
> http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=596
>
> Comments (to this list) are welcome;-)

This is not entirely new, though I'm not sure if the earlier instances 
I know of were widely/publicly reported.  I seem to recall hearing 
other instances of this UK bank, and maybe a couple of others, having 
experienced such "personalized" phishing attacks before.


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.