A new Trojan steals bank accounts. The Trojan waits for the user to open their bank account and transfers the money to another destination, according to MessageLabs.


A new Trojan steals bank accounts. The Trojan waits for the user to open their bank accounts and transfers the money to another destination, according to MessageLabs.

The Trojan is sent through an email with a weblink. When a user clicks on the link, the executable file is downloaded. The file installs itself into the web browser and waits for the user to open his/her bank account online.

Alex Shipp, a senior antivirus technologist at MessageLabs, said: “All of the authentication, little keys you have to have in your hand, biometrical things, it doesn’t matter. The bad guy just waits until you’re there and then takes the money out.” [Source]

According to Shipp, this Trojan is currently no:3 on the list of most common threats at MessageLabs.

David Perry, the global director of education at Trend Micro, said: “The main thing we’ve lost is not the money; it is not the credit ratings. The main thing we’ve lost is trust. Do you trust e-mail enough that if you get e-mail from a bank, you open it?

It is going to get worse before it gets better. If we’ve lost trust in e-mail as a business continuity device, we’re losing trust in the Web as a business continuity device.” [Source]

 

 

 

 

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