New Trojan virus poses online banking threat
Cyber criminals have created a highly sophisticated Trojan virus that steals online banking log-in details from infected computers.
The Clampi virus, which is spreading rapidly across hundreds of thousands of computers in Britain and the United States, infects computers when users visit websites that host a malicious code.
Once on the computer, the virus sits unnoticed until the user logs on to bank, credit card or other financial websites. It then captures log-in and password information and sends it to a server run by the attackers. They can then tell the compromised computer to send money to accounts that they control, or they can buy goods with the stolen credit card details.
The trojan has a list of more than 4,500 finance-related websites that it monitors, including British high street banks. Security experts warned that it was one of the stealthiest and most pervasive threats to computers using the Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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Mac Says:
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Posted on September 22nd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Jack Says:
I put this info up again because I “warned and warned and warned” my daughter about exactly this thing. She didn’t listen and had her pay stolen from her account.
Her argument is that it must have happened when she used her debit card somewhere and that could be true. It also could be true that she has this virus on her computer because she does her banking from home. I don’t know but I installed a program my bank gave me on my computer years ago and had a look at it. I felt uneasy because I was aware of keyloggers and I scrubbed it.
In no way would I ever do my banking over my home computer and here’s my golden rule — never type anything into a computer or visit a site if you are not prepared to share the information with other people.
There is no such thing as a secure computer if it is connected to the net.
You can take it to the bank (no pun intended).
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 4:21 pm