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New Trojan virus poses online banking threat |
2009-09-21 |
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. |
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
#2 Clampett virus? targets the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills... |
Posted by: Spot 2009-09-21 12:03 |
#1 What we should really be concerned about is the Geithner worm. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-09-21 10:51 |