Posts Tagged ‘banking’
IN THE HEADLINES: 12 Things You Can Do to Avoid Banking Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 30, 2012
With the recent news of the emergence of new and even more potent forms of banking Trojans, it’s time to start taking this threat seriously. Banking Trojans are a highly sophisticated type of malware capable of attacking and emptying online bank accounts without leaving much of a trace; or much in your account. If you [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Zeus Trojan Strikes Again
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2012
It’s been a couple of years since I first started writing about Zeus, a very dangerous new type of banking Trojan that was blamed for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts across the country. And only last week I wrote about Zeus again, and how a dangerous new variant added a whole [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New Worm Threatens Bank Accounts
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 19, 2012
Just as a new variety of the Zeus banking Trojan emerged to threaten bank accounts in a creative new way, researchers in Israel report the growth of a close cousin, a computer worm, which may be targeting Facebook accounts as a way to also break into bank accounts. The worm is called Ramnit and was [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Banking Trojans Continue Their March
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● November 22, 2011
There seems to be no end to the damage that can be inflicted by banking Trojans, a very dangerous type of malware highly favored by all kinds of crooks because of the ease with which they can infect computers, empty bank accounts, and enrich the crooks. Some of whom may be on the other side [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Rising Threat of Mobile Insecurity
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 23, 2011
I was just reading a very interesting article in CUInfoSecurity.com (the CU stands for credit union) about how the surge in use of smartphones is creating a new wave of attacks, exploits, and money-making opportunities for hackers and thieves. It’s a pretty long and detailed article, so I just selected some of the most interesting [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Phishing Still Going Strong
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 19, 2011
SC Magazine recently issued a warning about a new approach to phishing that could result in more people falling for a scam that is now more than a decade old. Instead of trying to lure people into clicking on an infected link by pretending to be a bank asking for password verification, the email pretends [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: What Banks Think about Security
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 11, 2011
The publishers of Bank Info Security recently released a survey of what the financial industry sees as its biggest security threats and challenges, and I thought it might provide a valuable peek into what banks and credit unions are seeing on the crime front, and what they intend to do about it. The 2010 FACES [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Banking Trojans — The Best Thing to Happen to Small Business
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 3, 2010
The National Cyber Security Alliance just announced the results of a study into small business attitudes to cyber security. According to the NCSA, the results are eye-opening: Nearly 50 percent of all small business owners believe the high cost in time and money to fully secure their business is not justified by the threat. 75 [...]
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