I Hate To Tell You This, But Your PC Cannot Be Trusted
ZeuS, SpyEye, SpyZeuS, and its countless variants have infiltrated an astounding number of PCs with malware increasingly designed to target a computer’s operating system, making it extremely powerful and difficult for anti-virus software to detect and remove. ZeuS-style malware is impervious to one-time passcode technologies and most other strong authentication methods available today. Security tokens [...]
Part II: What’s Wrong With One-Time-Passcodes?
Part I of our series on the recent Online Banking Security Survey highlighted the shift toward real-time attacks from online banking trojans, such as ZeuS, which are now seen as the greatest threat to online banking. Unfortunately, most of the security measures in place today do not protect against ZeuS-style malware. This post, part two [...]
In The Fight Against Online Banking Fraud, Every Minute Counts
Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks from malware and online banking trojans like Zeus are responsible for millions of dollars in fraudulent financial transactions each month and defeat many of the security measures put in place to protect against them. Every day that passes brings a new headline about online banking fraud: • Accounts raided in global bank [...]
