..."see give a computer an inch, and it will clean out your bank account"
Posted on 08/12/2010 4:30:12 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "Thousands of online banking customers have had their accounts drained by a sophisticated new computer virus, internet security experts say.
Around £675,000 was taken from a "large UK financial institution" over the last month with 3,000 customers hit - and the attacks are ongoing. Online security firm M86 Security Labs said the customers were infected with a Trojan virus - which cannot be detected by traditional anti-virus software - while browsing the internet.
The Trojan, known as a Zeus v3, copies the passwords and usernames of customers' online details and transfers their funds to a different account. It then gives the victim of the virus a false bank balance screen so they are unaware the cash has been taken."
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..."see give a computer an inch, and it will clean out your bank account"
That's a new twist.
Laughing in spite of myself.
A totally cool cat.
Yes, I believe it is.
I have a spare hard drive for banking and 401k / IRA sites.
when its not in use, its on the shelf. Another drive is used for playtime on the web.
I’m totally distracted by this cat. Great photo!! Would it be asking too much if I could copy this and put it on my FB page? :)
This article makes me nervous. When is Zeusv3 coming to the U.S.?
My banking institution asks several personal questions before you can enter. The password is the last question, instead of the first, like it once was.
A couple weeks ago there was an article about the British government floating the intention of seizing “stale” bank accounts. The conspiracy part of me says inside job.
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