A while back, Bank of Hawaii was targeted by phishing scammers. Last year, it was First Hawaiian Bank. While phishing scams are not new, attacks focused on regional banks (rather than big targets like Bank of America or Paypal) are still noteworthy... in part because the scammers seem to be targeting their e-mails at potential victims in the neighborhood of the financial institution.
It's easy to ignore phishing e-mails pretending to be from companies you don't do business with. But as the scammers get more sophisticated and choose smaller targets and get smarter about who they e-mail, you're going to have to be extra careful. The chances you will get a phishing e-mail posing as a company you do do business with are increasing every day.
This week, on more than one of my various e-mail accounts, I've gotten phishing e-mails aimed at Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union. Set to appear to be from accounts@htefcu.org with the subject "New regulations placed on visa card usage overseas," it claims my Visa card has been deactivated and that I need to log in to reactivate it. Of course, the link points not to HTFCU, but to a foreign IP address.
I've dropped a note to HTFCU though I'm sure they're aware of it.
Be careful out there!
It's easy to ignore phishing e-mails pretending to be from companies you don't do business with. But as the scammers get more sophisticated and choose smaller targets and get smarter about who they e-mail, you're going to have to be extra careful. The chances you will get a phishing e-mail posing as a company you do do business with are increasing every day.
This week, on more than one of my various e-mail accounts, I've gotten phishing e-mails aimed at Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union. Set to appear to be from accounts@htefcu.org with the subject "New regulations placed on visa card usage overseas," it claims my Visa card has been deactivated and that I need to log in to reactivate it. Of course, the link points not to HTFCU, but to a foreign IP address.
I've dropped a note to HTFCU though I'm sure they're aware of it.
Be careful out there!
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