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Malicious Malware Uses Photos of Sunsets and Cats to Steal Banking Credentials
PETAPIXEL ^ | March 05,2014 | Gannon Burgett

Posted on 03/05/2014 12:16:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER

It’s a sad day for the Internet… according to Trend Micro’s security analysts, it’s been discovered that photographs of both sunsets and — even more heartbreaking — cats being shared across the web contain malware capable of getting into your bank accounts.

(Excerpt) Read more at petapixel.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banking; bankingmalware; kittyping; malware; virus
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1 posted on 03/05/2014 12:16:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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2 posted on 03/05/2014 12:19:56 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Slings and Arrows

3 posted on 03/05/2014 12:21:30 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Damn Cats. I always thought so.


4 posted on 03/05/2014 12:22:05 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

"get out"

5 posted on 03/05/2014 12:22:20 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

CATS!! Say it ain’t so! I never met a cat picture I didn’t click. Spent three hours today with Norton help getting my PC declawed.


6 posted on 03/05/2014 12:22:33 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
And here we thought they were just cute n' fuzzy!



And they start young. These precocious kitties!


7 posted on 03/05/2014 12:22:33 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Daffynition
Beware of this scam


8 posted on 03/05/2014 12:22:38 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The Texas judge's decision was to pave the way for same sex divorce for two Massachusetts women.)
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To: dfwgator

Fortunately, my cat is too lazy to be much of a threat to anyone.


9 posted on 03/05/2014 12:24:14 PM PST by Pecos (The Chicago Way: Kill the Constitution, one step at a time.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

The website: Pet-a-pixel


10 posted on 03/05/2014 12:24:57 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

ZBot Removal Tool

http://www.hotforsecurity.com/download/zbot-removal-tool


11 posted on 03/05/2014 12:25:24 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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NONONO! Not Cats!!!!!!!!!!! No fair!


13 posted on 03/05/2014 12:26:57 PM PST by faithhopecharity (" uri)
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To: a fool in paradise; SWAMPSNIPER
That GIF is priceless!


15 posted on 03/05/2014 12:27:51 PM PST by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: a fool in paradise

This is how my kitteh joined the mouse of the month club......I think......


16 posted on 03/05/2014 12:28:09 PM PST by Gefn (No whammies)
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To: Daffynition
Image and video hosting by TinyPic
17 posted on 03/05/2014 12:29:44 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DariusBane

So did I. Cats are evil! Can’t trust the little furbags.


18 posted on 03/05/2014 12:30:06 PM PST by Constitution Day (Endeavor To Persevere)
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To: a fool in paradise
cute kitty *NOT!*
that's where I lost my
$$$$ and not the lottery..

19 posted on 03/05/2014 12:30:48 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: cripplecreek
GEEZE! I just got all the funky viruses, et al off my 'puter last night.....don't tell me, it's time to start worrying again!


20 posted on 03/05/2014 12:32:53 PM PST by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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