Phishing con hijacks browser bar

[picanin]

Originally posted by Jangar
This is what struck me as odd too Perhaps the author doesn't keep his money in a bank or uses and old fashioned bank book instead of an ATM card.... :haha:

Thanks to the wonders of Linux I ahve been able to investigate this in complete safety! (Bill Gates your software sucks!). I received the email in my M-Mail software and followed the instructions. It didnt actually try to install a new browser bar. What it did do was direct me to the correct Citibank website. However, it also opened up a secondary window asking for my debit card number and pin. The secondary window had come from a Russian webserver. So the actual gist of the article is correct. What I want to know is how they plan to use said card number and your PIN? Possibly a case of social engineering or maybe contacts within Citibank who can arrange for new cards to be made of the compromised accounts.

PS This is once more proof to drop the losers software and move over to safe *nix based software. Using Windows is like trying to cross the Atlantic in a bath tub full of holes!