06 December 2011

Phishers’ Roving Eyes Target Indian Educational Institutes

Recently, Symantec observed a phishing website that spoofed a popular email service brand. There wasn’t much to ponder on the phishing page or even with the brand that it was spoofing. Also, phishing websites attacking email service brands are not uncommon. But, the domain name that was used in hosting the phishing site was what made this particular phishing attempt interesting.
The phishing site’s domain name belonged to a popular government educational institute in India. Phishers are known for compromising legitimate websites and hosting their phishing sites on them. However, websites belonging to government, military, or educational institutes are usually more secure and are seldom compromised.

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