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Smersh
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Online banking: New trojan virus steals yr money
« Thread started on: Nov 4th, 2009, 12:00pm » |
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Quote:A devilishly clever new Trojan virus that works over the Internet can hack into bank accounts while people are online and take money without being noticed.
According to CNET, the Trojan, dubbed "URLzone," has features "designed to thwart fraud detection systems which are triggered by unusual transactions.”
The new program takes online fraud to a new level. And that should cause significant alarm among consumers. It appears that the experts who create the Trojans have made them so advanced that they will soon be able to get into credit card and brokerage accounts, which could cause a nationwide disruption of the financial system and drive people away from online banking.
Financial firms have counted on increasing numbers of people to use the Internet for their transactions which save the banks money on retail locations and tellers ... |
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Full story: New 'Trojan' raids bank accounts
It doesn't matter how sophisticated the security is for online bank accounts and anything else online involving the movement of money (online shopping for example) there's always going to be some high-tech lowlife out there who will find a way around it, eventually. 
I wonder how quick the banks will be to refund customers who have been affected? They could always take it out of their bonuses to repay it, of course ... 
Here's another article I just found about it ...
'URLzone' Botnet Steals Your Money, Carefully
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Re: Online banking: New trojan virus steals yr mon
« Reply #1 on: Nov 5th, 2009, 09:13am » |
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on Nov 4th, 2009, 12:00pm, Smersh wrote:Full story: New 'Trojan' raids bank accounts
It doesn't matter how sophisticated the security is for online bank accounts and anything else online involving the movement of money (online shopping for example) there's always going to be some high-tech lowlife out there who will find a way around it, eventually.
I wonder how quick the banks will be to refund customers who have been affected? They could always take it out of their bonuses to repay it, of course ...
Here's another article I just found about it ...
'URLzone' Botnet Steals Your Money, Carefully |
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Smersh,
I've never trusted online banking. Too many hackers always finding new ways to get in system! I keep my banking matters off the Internet...!
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