ESET Ireland sees an unending stream of Irish bank email phishing scams, with Bank of Ireland customers particularly in the crosshairs. Irish online banking users should be on the watch for a constant flood of variations on the phishing scams involving Irish banks. This week we’ve noticed an increased number of emails targeting Bank of … More New day, new Bank of Ireland scam
ESET Ireland warns that Irish computers are being targeted by an email scam involving the name of the Bank of Ireland and redirecting to a fraudulent Polish address. ESET Ireland is regularly monitoring email scams targeting Irish mailboxes. In the past few days we have seen an increased frequency of the following message: Subject: … More No, Bank of Ireland isn’t running a routine security check on your account
ESET Ireland keep monitoring and informing about the most widespread phishing scams, trying to make victims out of Irish computer users. Here is an overview of the most common ones in in the past month. Early October was marked by fake Irish Revenue emails, in light of increased advertising of the tax return deadline. ESET … More How was October phishing in Ireland?
ESET Ireland warns of FBI, Tesco and Bank of Ireland names abused by scammers in phishing emails sent to Irish mailboxes. Another week, another variation of the old phishing scams hitting Irish mailboxes. This week the scammers are telling us Bank of Ireland wants us to update our account, Tesco wants to add €120 to … More What’s scamming this week? FBI, Tesco and Bank of Ireland
ESET Ireland has been following a surge of phishing emails redirecting users to faked banking, PayPal and Microsoft account sites for harvesting login details. Although a surprisingly large number of people still use passwords like “12345” or “password” for their various accounts, cybercriminals have taken an easier route than trying to hack into peoples’ accounts. … More How to hack someone’s account? Ask them for their password!
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