= ee ; RBI wants internet service providers to block phishers Daniel P George | TNN Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India plans to approach In- ternet Service Providers (ISPs) to install filters to check spam email. The number of people falling prey to phishing at- tacks; where sensitive infor- mation is sought through email from supposedly legiti- mate sources using. which money is stolen from accounts, is growing. RBI regional director K R Ananda told The Times of In- dia that the bank had launched a programme to educate peo- ple about fake emails, SMSes on winning lotteries, remit: tance of funds in foreign cur- rency from abroad and em- ployment offers, Scamsters were also faking certificates and letters pur- 8% rise in phishing attacks on Indian banks ovér the previ- ous month. “To date, we have recorded over 1,000 phishing URLs that have spoofed bank websites, This has increased the total count of phishing at- tacks on Indian banks from July by a whopping 192%,” Ghosh said, In March, the number of 6 It would be advisable to install spam filters at the host level (computer user or in- house server). This filters needs to be constantly updated 9 V Sriram | iNoePenbent cvaer SECURITY EXPERT Poorly protected information, poorly managed systems and poorly protected infrastruc ture. Hence, moving forward, tech-enabled government en- terprises need to develop ase- curity strategy that is risk- based and policy, driven, in- formation-centric, and opera- tionalized across a well man- aged infrastructure,” he said.