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New fake banking cert attacks in play

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[From eWEEK (Matt Hines)](<http://securitywatch.eweek.com/virus_and_spyware/new_fake_banking_cert_attacks_in_play.html>) [![](https://media.threatpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/103/2013/04/07053815/bankofamerica.jpg)](<https://threatpost.com/new-fake-banking-cert-attacks-play-060409/>)Researchers with security training experts SANS Institute have reported the emergence of a new wave of attacks seeking to take advantage of trust in online banking sites and digital certificate e-banking security programs. The involved attacks target customers of Bank of America, asking targets to click through from e-mail borne links to URLs where they are asked to upload new digital certs to protect themselves when e-banking. [Read the full story](<http://securitywatch.eweek.com/virus_and_spyware/new_fake_banking_cert_attacks_in_play.html>) [eweek.com]