March 13, 2006 Chinese Bank Hosts Phishing Site By Gregg Keizer Courtesy of A Chinese bank's is hosting spoofed sites that are using to dupe customers of American banks and e-tailers, a U.K.-based Internet monitoring company said Sunday. According to Netcraft, this is the first time one bank's network has been used by criminals to steal information from another bank's customers. The attack started Saturday when e-mails were sent to Chase Bank customers that directed them to a site hosted on addresses assigned to a Shanghai branch of the China Construction Bank Corp. (CCBC). The spoofed Chase and eBay sites were tucked away in hidden directories, and the CCBC's server's main page displayed a configuration error, said Netcraft. The Chase attack takes a new tack: rather than directly con gullible users into giving up account passwords or PINs by pretending to be a message from customer support, the poses as a survey of Chase's online banking sites. Anyone who fills out the survey will supposedly receive $20 for their trouble. Naturally, the survey is bogus. Among the fields to fill out are several demanding Chase card number, PIN, Social Security number, and other private information. "Scammers are looking for new ways to fleece the unwary, and this time [they] have come up with a new twist: asking people to help in a survey for a cash reward," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, a British security company, in a statement. Astute users will likely notice that the URL in the phished message is a raw IP address, not a domain. That, said Netcraft, is a strong sign of a phish. The same CCBC Shanghai server was also used Saturday to host a page that spoofed the eBay log-in screen. China Construction Bank Corp., one of the country's "Big Four" state-owned banks, has more than 14,200 branches across China. E-mail This Story Print This Story Get the latest Messaging news, product info, and trends every week.			Spyware And Adware Continue To Plague PCs FTC Smacks Spammer With $900K Fine IM: Real-Time Securrity Problems For Financial Services Bot Herders Ready Attack Against Message Forums Researchers Warn Of Coming Tax Scams Microsoft Vows To Keep Pressure On Phishers     Messaging Pipeline's Main RSS Feed     Messaging Pipeline's Blog RSS Feed Editorial and vendor perspectives The Six Flavors Of Windows Vista Microsoft plans to release a full six-pack of Vista versions, one for every taste. Which Vista will be right for you? Hope is Not Enough When It Comes To Compliance Three Ways To Authenticate E-Mail And Stop Spam Wikis In The Workplace Review: Google Desktop 3 Vendors are now talking about how collaboration can be improved by integrating video with messaging applications. They're even talking about adding live TV to mobile phones. How far do you go before it becomes a bandwidth and business productivity drain? Video is a great idea     13% Video is fine but there needs to be size limits     25% It's never used for anything really productive     38% I draw the line at live TV     25% In search of messaging products? Check out our brand new Product Finder for a directory of groupware and collaboration tools, security products, archiving solutions, and more.