Bank Scammers Scammed, says Security Researcher
Many of the people behind identity theft scams are themselves having data stolen from them in the process, a security researcher has revealed.
Phishers, who trick online banking users into typing in their details to fake sites, use tools in the process which have built-in security holes for others to access the data that many do not have the technical skills to spot, according to a security researcher.
Nitesh Dhanjan will next week tell the Black Hat security conference in Washington of the results of his and his colleague Billy Rios’s immersion in the world of phishers. He told OUT-LAW Radio of his findings this week.
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