Cyber squatters target UK bank domains

Part of the art of making a phishing attack successful is having a domain name that looks sufficiently similar to a legitimate one not to arouse suspicion in the target. Research by threat intelligence specialist DomainTools has uncovered over 300 registered domains using the names of five of the UK's top high street banks. Using its PhishEye tool, the company analyzed domains mimicking Barclays, HSBC, Natwest, Lloyd's and Standard Chartered. Addresses including hsbc-direct.com, barclaya.net, barclays-supports.com and lloydstsbs.com were all uncovered as being owned by third parties rather than the banks themselves. "Imitation has long been thought to be the sincerest… [Continue Reading]