National Australia Bank Hit by DDoS Attack

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via ZDNet Australia.

[snip]

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has warned its customers to beware of
new phishing attacks after the bank's Web site was hit by a DDoS attack
earlier this week.

NAB customers experienced problems accessing the online banking service
on Wednesday, according to a bank spokesperson.

"We first noticed [the attack] on Wednesday. For the moment it is not
having any impact and has been OK for the past 24 hours but there was a
bit of residual impact yesterday.

"Customers were having to, in some cases, try a number of times. It did
slow down the access and jam the system intermittently," the
spokesperson told ZDNet Australia.

According to the spokesperson, the bank decided to re-issue its
phishing warning in case the fraudsters use future attacks to try and
trick customers into visiting spoofed versions of the bank's Web site.

[snip]

More:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/National_Australia_Bank_hit_by_DDoS_attack/0,130061744,339271790,00.htm

- ferg


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