Posts Tagged ‘financial fraud’

Shylock Beefing Up and Looking for New Business Opportunities

Apr

2013

Shylock (a.k.a. The Merchant of Malice) is one of the most sophisticated banking Trojan horse programs presently occupying the financial fraud threat landscape. From its humble beginnings in 2011, it has seen increased infections in the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States. This is consistent with the increased number of targeted financial institutions over […]

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VSkimmer Botnet Targets Credit Card Payment Terminals

Mar

2013

While monitoring a Russian underground forum recently, we came across a discussion about a Trojan for sale that can steal credit card information from machines running Windows for financial transactions and credit card payments. The malware, vSkimmer, can detect the card readers, grab all the information from the Windows machines attached to these readers, and […]

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Upping the financial fraud stakes with Operation High Roller

Jun

2012

Earlier today Guardian Analytics and McAfee released a joint fraud report, “Dissecting Operation High Roller,” that describes a new breed of sophisticated fraud attacks. The advanced methods discovered in Operation High Roller show fraudsters moving toward cloud-based servers with multi-faceted automation in a global fraud campaign. Building on established Zeus and SpyEye tactics, this ring […]

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