In a move designed to ensure potential phishing victims always link to a live website, fraudsters have developed so-called “smart redirection” attacks. Smart redirection attacks involve creating a number of similar phishing websites based at different locations. Emails that form the basis of phishing attacks pose as security messages from online banks in an attempt to dupe a tiny proportion of recipients who happen to be customers of the bank, into visiting a bogus site and handing over account information. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, almost 50,000 phishing websites were created last year, with more than 7,000 appearing in December alone.