MidSouth Bank

Date:10.11.2005

Threat Type: Phishing Alert

Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a new phishing attack that targets customers of MidSouth Bank. Users receive a spoofed email message claiming that their account information needs to be updated. Upon accessing the fraudulent website, users are asked to enter their NetBanking account and ATM information.

This phishing site is hosted in the United States and was up at the time of this alert.

Phishing email body sample:

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated. Please take a few minutes out of your online experience and renew your records so you will not run into any future problems with the online service. Failure to update your records will result in account deletation.

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