Dozens of Russian banks Phished by crooks pretending to be FinCERT

Campaign was well executed and planned, researchers say.
By Steve Ragan
Dozens of banks in Russia were targeted this week by hackers pretending to be the security arm of the Russian Central Bank, FinCERT. While Phishing attacks against banks in Russia are nothing new, one posing as the center that’s supposed to defend banks against attacks like this is worth looking at.
On March 14, shady individuals registered fincert.net, a false URL that – at a glance – would lead one to believe the domain is owned by FinCERT. However, fincert.net isn’t their domain; it’s actually cbr.ru.
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Source: http://www.csoonline.com/

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