[Bank of America customers should be on the lookout these days for a cleverly designed phishing scam that tries to dupe them into handing over their online banking credentials, along with other sensitive information.
Hoax Slayer provided a variant of the scam. It comes with the subject “Bank of America Warning... |
23 April 2012
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Someone who has a problem with the Bank of America (BoA) took advantage of the fact that Google Plus started offering services for businesses and created a fake page that defames the financial institution in any way possible.
Sophos reports that even though some might think that the official page of BoA has been ha... |
15 November 2011
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A plan drafted by three security consultancy companies to attack and discredit WikiLeaks was leaked onto the Internet as a result of a security breach.The plan is outlined in a confidential presentation called "The WikiLeaks Threat" that was prepared by Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies at... |
10 February 2011
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A new phishing attack targeting Bank of America customers spreads a trojan that opens a local spoofed page asking for personal and banking details.The attack, analyzed by security researchers from Sophos, generates email purporting to come from Bank of America and urging users to verify their billing information.Unli... |
2 February 2011
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Bank of America (BoA), the largest bank in the United States, has established a team of officials to assess the possible fallout if WikiLeaks releases tens of thousands of its internal documents.At the end of November, in an interview for Forbes, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange revealed that the organization... |
5 January 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Anonymous has launched a distributed denial of service attack against Bank of America, after the US-based financial giant banned transactions destined for WikiLeaks.About two weeks ago, Bank of America (BoA) joined the list of companies boycotting WikiLeaks by announcing that it will block all transactions suspected ... |
28 December 2010
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Bank of America has joined the list of companies who refuse to do business with WikiLeaks, a decision that might attract the anger of hacktivists.The ostracizing of WikiLeaks by financial companies as a result of "Cablegate," was started at the beginning of December by PayPal, who closed the organization's donat... |
20 December 2010
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Security researchers warn of a new phishing and malware distribution attack targeting customers of Bank of America's Military Bank service.The Bank of America Military Bank provides financial solutions tailored for the specific needs of active and retired military personnel, as well as veterans or government e... |
7 September 2010
07:11 GMT |
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Security researchers from Web security provider ScanSafe, which is now a subsidiary of Cisco, warn that the latest phishing scam targeting Bank of America customers is leveraging compromised legit websites. The technique is an attempt to evade reputation filters.The rogue email message is properly spelled and well fo... |
16 July 2010
13:36 GMT |
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Spam analysts from AV vendor BitDefender warn of a new phishing campaign targeting Bank of America costumers. The spam e-mails bear the branding elements of the company and instruct potential victims to visit a link and complete a fake customer form with their credit card information. The phishing e-mails' "Fro... |
14 July 2009
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A new phishing scheme is actively targeting customers of the Bank of America Direct Digital Certificate program. Spam e-mails try to trick users into providing their login credentials to a fake page, which also attempts to infect them with malware. Bank of America Direct is a full-service Internet-based system, gene... |
3 June 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Cross-site scripting weaknesses have been discovered in two websites belonging to the Bank of America and U.S. Bank. The flaws facilitate potential phishing attacks, because they allow attackers to inject IFrames, hijack sessions, or prompt arbitrary alerts. Cross-site scripting, more commonly known as XSS, is a cla... |
21 May 2009
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On this year's Valentine Day, environmentalist action group Rising Tide and housing justice organization City Life/Vida Urbana are proposing to the American public to close their accounts at the Bank of America, on account of the fact that the financial institution keeps foreclosing homes of poor families, which... |
10 January 2009
07:14 GMT |
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Recently, Bank of America analyst Scott Craig has been quoted as saying that Apple's plans are to build some 11 million iPhone units - three million in the quarter starting May and another eight million in the third quarter. The news seems to be in strong relation with Hon Hai being contracted for a new iPhone m... |
31 March 2008
08:52 GMT |
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