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A New Type of Trojan Horse Computer Virus Could Result in Mass Attacks on Banks
Nov 28, 2013A new type of Trojan horse computer virus could result in mass attacks on banks, exposing the personal details of an unprecedented number of online banking customers. Discovered by security software provider Kaspersky Labs, the Neverquest ...
Tags: warning, mass, Trojan, attack, against, online, bank, customer
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Security Researchers From Group-IB Have Uncovered a Cyberfraud Operation
May 17, 2013Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Over 150,000 computers, ...
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Financial Malware Authors Are Trying to Evade New Online Banking Security Systems
Feb 18, 2013Financial malware authors are trying to evade new online banking security systems by returning to more traditional phishing-like credential stealing techniques, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Most financial Trojan ...
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Financial Malware Authors Are Returning to Traditional Techniques
Feb 16, 2013Financial malware authors are returning to traditional, phishing-like, credential-stealing techniques in order to evade detection, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Most financial Trojan programs used by cybercriminals ...
Tags: Financial malware, credential-stealing techniques, detection
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Charges Against East European Cyber Thieves Accused of Stealing Banking Information
Jan 24, 2013US law enforcement has announced charges against three alleged East European cyber thieves accused of stealing banking information from computers across Europe and the US, including at the space agency NASA. The "alleged international ...
Tags: computers, global cyber theft, cyber thieves
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The Wave of Cyberattacks Against a Half-Dozen U.S. Financial Institutions Has Subsided
Dec 24, 2012The wave of cyberattacks against a half-dozen U.S. financial institutions has subsided this week, but the recent demonstration of force shows a careful honing of destructive techniques that could continue to cause headaches. The attacks ...
Tags: cyberattacks, financial institutions, could, banking websites
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Configurations of The Shylock Financial Malware Inject Attacker-Controlled Phone Numbers
Dec 21, 2012New configurations of the Shylock financial malware inject attacker-controlled phone numbers into the contact pages of online banking websites, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. By doing this, the attackers ...
Tags: Shylock financial malware, phone numbers, contact pages
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Project Blitzkrieg Is a Real and Credible Threat
Dec 19, 2012IDG News Service - Project Blitzkrieg, a coordinated attack against U.S. banking customers allegedly planned for the spring of 2013, is a real and credible threat, security researchers at McAfee have said. A cybercriminal using the ...
Tags: Computer Products, Credible Threat, Mcafee, Blitzkrieg E Banking Heist
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Balazs Has Developed a Remote-Controlled Malware That Functions as a Browser Extension
Oct 24, 2012IDG News Service-Security researcher Zoltan Balazs has developed a remote-controlled piece of malware that functions as a browser extension and is capable of modifying Web pages,downloading and executing files,hijacking accounts,bypassing ...
Tags: malware, browser extension, remote-controlled, Balazs
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Bank of America Topped a List of 23 Large or Regional Banks to Be Named The Best
Jul 18, 2012Bank of America topped a list of 23 large or regional banks to be named the best in online customer experience best practices in consumer banking by Keynote Competitive Research. Additionally, Keynote said BB&T ranked number one in a bank ...
Tags: Financial IT, US, Bank of America, consumer banking