Scam Alert: SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB and the Indian IT dept targeted in phishing scam
Scam Alert: SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB and the Indian IT dept targeted in phishing scam
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Customers of State Bank of India, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank and Punjab National Bank (PNB) should be cautious. Cybercriminals are trying to lure Indian users into revealing key personal information with a new report on Monday warning that suspicious messages asking users to submit an application for the disbursement of income tax refund have been doing the rounds, with a link that directs users to a webpage looking like the income tax e-filing web page.

The targeted banks in the campaign include the State Bank of India, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank and Punjab National Bank, revealed an investigation by New Delhi-based think tank CyberPeace Foundation along with cybersecurity services firm Autobot Infosec.

The suspicious links originate from the US and France, said the report, adding that the campaign is collecting personal as well as banking information from the user and getting into this type of trap could cause a massive financial loss for the users.

The shared link with the SMS has no domain name and is not linked with the Indian government. All IP addresses associated with the campaign belong to some third-party dedicated cloud hosting providers, said the report.

It asks users to download an application from a third-party source instead of Google Playstore.   The application asks to provide administrator rights and unnecessary access permissions of the device.

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