The new version of the Trojan spreads in the network of proposals related to these bank cards.
According to the experts Trusteer, a new version of the banking Trojan Zeus became part of the fraudulent scheme aimed at stealing credit card data. Offers, in one way or another connected with the provision of credit card data is displayed to users when they visit various popular portals including Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.
"We recently recorded a series of attacks that took place with the use of P2P version of the Zeus, against some of the most popular Internet web-sites and services, - the CTO Amit Klein, Trusteer (Amit Klein) in his blog. - The expected users of the victims of attacks are Facebook, Google Mail, Hotmail and Yahoo, which offer a variety of discounts and additional security measures."
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This version of Zeus, like many similar viruses can embed malicious content in a browser session. Most often, criminals are using it to make when visiting a bank of resources for victims displayed a fake form to enter your credentials. A modified version of the Trojan, according to the researchers, also using the trust relationship between users and popular services.
So, when you visit Facebook, the malware displays a fake offer for 20% discount when purchasing local currency of social networks (Facebook Credits) with MasterCard or Visa. To do this, users are encouraged to link their data cards to the service by specifying them in a special way.
"This attack is a prime example of how fraudsters use the trusted brands of social networks, email service providers, operators, bank cards, to force the victim to transfer personal data" - concluded Klein. To view the report Trusteer here.
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