Barclays phish spammed widely

Posted by   Virus Bulletin on   Sep 13, 2006

64% of recent phishes targeting global brand.

Reports from Panda Software warn of a major phishing campaign targeting users of Barclays online banking, causing a 30% rise in phishes hitting their spam traps.

At least 61 separate variants of a spoof email have been seen by spam labs, all of them trying to trick Barclays customers into handing over valuable private data, and the emails point to several different web addresses.

'Phishers are upping the scale of their attacks in hopes of hitting the inboxes of more gullible victims,' said John Hawes, Technical Consultant at Virus Bulletin. 'This kind of bombardment is sure to trick a few unwary readers out of their hard-earned cash. People really need to learn not to fall for this kind of thing, and to ignore any email asking for their personal data.'

More detail in the campaign, including screenshots, is available from Panda labs.

Posted on 13 September 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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