Next-Gen Bank Trojans Scoop Out Savings

JMH · Jun 21, 2012

Improved online bank security has driven cybercriminals to start using a type of Trojan tool that automates money theft from compromised accounts in ways that are invisible to account holders, Trend Micro has discovered.

Established man-in-the-middle bank Trojan attacks -- by Zeus and SpyEye for instance -- finesse bank transfer credential requests by splashing bogus credential screens at users. According to Automatic Transfer System, a New Cybercrime Tool a way has been found to hide even this activity from users using what Trend dubs Automatic Transfer Systems (ATS).

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Next-Gen Bank Trojans Scoop Out Savings

JMH

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