[NVDave]

There is little in the analysis by M86 that leads me to believe that this attack would not work on OS X:

http://www.m86security.com/documents/pdfs/security_labs/cybercriminals_target_online_banking.pdf

A big piece of this attack is social engineering. Apparently, the British are a very gullible people.

But then again, we knew that already.

[Swordmaker]

There is little in the analysis by M86 that leads me to believe that this attack would not work on OS X:

"In this case, the cybercriminals used the Eleonore Exploit Kit 1.4.1, which M86 Security Labs experts researched a year ago and continue to update regularly."

Eleonore Exploit Kit takes advantage of several vulnerabilities that have remained unpatched in Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, and Java. But it starts with the vulnerability in IE. It DOES require the user to download and execute the file to be infected, though, so it is a TROJAN.

[antiRepublicrat]

Apparently, the British are a very gullible people.

A while back some lady in the US not only got suckered by a 419 scam, but since she was a city employee she used city funds to pay the scammer, expecting to get it all back and more so nobody would be the wiser. Gullibility knows no borders.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

A big piece of this attack is social engineering. Apparently, the British are a very gullible people. But then again, we knew that already.

Yes, of course - but then, just think how many Americans voted for Obama!

The wisest and most cautious of us all frequently gives credit to stories which he himself is afterwards both ashamed and astonished that he could possibly think of believing . . .

It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity,
and they very seldom teach it enough.   - Adam Smith