Standard Chartered Bank Phishing (update)

Date:04.02.2009

Threat Type: Phishing

Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a phishing campaign targeting customers of Standard Chartered Bank.

Our email honeypot systems have received several phishing emails targeting customers of Standard Chartered Bank today. The phishing email tells recipients that there is a new message in their secure mailbox, and attempts to trick them to go to a spoofed Web site and enter their logon information. The aim is to steal account information.

We have previously alerted on a phishing attack on Standard Chartered before in 2006 - but that was focused more on their Hong Kong customer base. The phishing template has also been updated. We will continue to track this trend.

Here is a screen shot of phishing email:

Here is a screenshot of the fake Standard Chartered Bank site:

Websense Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected against this attack.

Update: Standard Chartered Bank successfully issued a cease and desist notification. The phishing Web site is now deactivated and no longer serves content.

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