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‘The Local’ has reported that Sweden's largest bank, Nordea, has suffered a huge Internet-based fraud. Over 8 million kronor (nearly £600,000) has disappeared in three months as a result of tailor-made Trojans launched by Russian criminals. This was sent in the name of the bank via a phishing email to the bank’s clients. The sender encouraged clients to download a spam fighting application. Users who downloaded the file which was to the e-mail were infected by the trojan haxdoor.ki. When the first attacks begun it was clear that the haxdoor version had been modified to target the bank. The Trojan activated itself when users tried to log in to their online banking account. The Trojan then saved the information and displayed an error message asking the client to enter further access information. The criminals then had two access codes in their possession, which is enough to transfer money. The Police has been able to establish the fact that log in information has been sent to servers in the USA and then to Russia. After that unknown criminals have logged in transferring large amounts from the bank.
Figures supplied by McAfee show why the above incident could be the tip of an iceberg:
* In July 2006 it was reported that over 200,000 online threats had been detected;
* McAfee saw in excess of 17,000 phishing reports per month in 2006, a growth rate of 25 percent;
* 90 percent of people still don't recognise a well constructed phish.
•Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: W.Europe •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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