Malware infects three-quarters of the world's top banks

JMH · Jul 25, 2012

File this story in the "Who do you trust with your money?" category.

Eighteen of the top 24 banks in the world have malware problems, security firm Lookingglass says on Wednesday. Even three-year old worms that have long had patches and fixes to address them continue to infect the PCs of banks, including Conficker, found (gasp) in the IT deployments of 10 of the top 24.

Other virus and malware of note found on these computers included DNS Changer, Gameover Zeus, BlackHole Exploit Kit, and Fake AV among others, the security firm says.

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Cayden · Jul 25, 2012

Just because PCs in Corporate are infected does not mean the actual datacentres are affected, I think however that these banks need some serious auditing done.

niemiro · Jul 26, 2012

Cayden said:
Just because PCs in Corporate are infected does not mean the actual datacentres are affected, I think however that these banks need some serious auditing done.

Very true. But that doesn't make shock news and tabloid headlines!

Cayden · Jul 26, 2012

You're quite right, it's a damn shame that shock value outweighs real information. I sincerely hope that changes by the time I have kids.

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Malware infects three-quarters of the world's top banks

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