The security firm PhishLabs has released some interesting research on a new type of phishing attack involving Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Seems the bad guys send a SMS text message to unsuspecting users advising them that their debit card has been deactivated and advising them to enter their card number and PIN to reactivate it.

So far this has only been seen in the United States and has yet to make it to our shores. It will come just as those nasty irritating hoax Microsoft support calls eventually showed up.

So knowing that this type of attack is in use means that you can have the upper hand, before you reply with your credentials consider, have you actually given you mobile number to your bank, contact your bank using the number from the phone book advising them that you have received such a message (don’t delete the message as it maybe be helpful in pursuing the offender).