K-Squared Ramblings » banking http://www.hyperborea.org/journal Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:27:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Banking, South Park, Jedi & Cinderella http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/04/banks-movies/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/04/banks-movies/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:30:00 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/04/19/line-items-for-2009-04-19/ Continue reading →]]>
  • Movies/TV watched today: Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (w/ Julie Andrews), South Park: Imaginationland, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi #
  • Imaginationland was 40% squick, 40% awesome, 20% lame, all mixed together. Which pretty much sums up South Park in general. #
  • Photo: WaMu w/ gigantic “Welcome to Chase” banner #
  • Californians, remember those “Elvis Schmiedekamp Is Here For You” ads from ~2001? #
    • ]]>     http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2009/04/banks-movies/feed/ 0     Flash Fraud http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/01/flash-fraud/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/01/flash-fraud/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:40:30 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2007/01/02/flash-fraud/ Got an interesting phish today.

    Subject: Error in your billing information
    From: Keystone Savings Bank.

    Hmm, Keystone, eh? ;-)

    ]]>     http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2007/01/flash-fraud/feed/ 3     Back to Basics: Phish by Phone http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/09/back-to-basics-phish-by-phone/ http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/09/back-to-basics-phish-by-phone/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:18:18 +0000 Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/09/08/back-to-basics-phish-by-phone/ Continue reading →]]> I just spotted a rather disturbing phishing message in (of all places) our abuse contact mailbox:

    Subject: Fraud Prevention Measures

    Dear customer!

    Due to high fraud activity we constantly increasing security level both for online banking and card transactions. In order to update our records you are required to call MBNA Card Service number at 1-800-[removed] and update information on your MBNA card.

    This is free of charge and would not affect any transactions with your card. Please note this is necessary to provide highest security level for all transactions with your card.

    No HTML tricks. No links to fraudulent websites. Just a phone number.

    I can only assume this is a response to high-profile inclusion of antiphishing features in Internet Explorer 7 and in Firefox 2. If there’s no website, there’s nothing for a web browser to check.

    And of course by not using sneaky technical tricks in the message, it’s harder for tools like ClamAV, spam filters, or mail clients to detect.

    Incidentally, does anyone else find it ironic that one of the most common phishing techniques is to exploit people’s fear of being phished?

    Further reading: Anti-Phishing Working Group.

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