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domingo, março 27, 2005
Guerra entre banca e ciber-criminosos
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Last week’s attempted £220m electronic heist against Sumitomo bank was one of the most audacious high-tech crimes ever attempted in the City of London.
It highlighted a behind-the-scenes battle in which the financial services industry has been under sustained electronic attack from internet criminals for the past 18 months, said Graham Edwards, former security director at Abbey and banking industry IT security consultant.
By attacking the financial industry, organised crime groups are potentially posing a threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure, Edwards warned. "If you want to bring down a country’s infrastructure, attack its finance system," he said.
Banks are engaged in a daily struggle with criminal groups that are developing increasingly sophisticated programs to harvest passwords from internet banking customers, said Edwards.
"Criminal groups are developing sophisticated viruses and Trojans that do nothing but attack financial institutions," he said. "One Trojan carries screens that look like real bank sites. It monitors the user and opens up a fake site, or starts a key logger."
Another Trojan launches denial of service attacks against banks. Although it has had little success, more sophisticated Trojans will follow, Edwards warned.
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Copmputerweekly.com
Last week’s attempted £220m electronic heist against Sumitomo bank was one of the most audacious high-tech crimes ever attempted in the City of London.
It highlighted a behind-the-scenes battle in which the financial services industry has been under sustained electronic attack from internet criminals for the past 18 months, said Graham Edwards, former security director at Abbey and banking industry IT security consultant.
By attacking the financial industry, organised crime groups are potentially posing a threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure, Edwards warned. "If you want to bring down a country’s infrastructure, attack its finance system," he said.
Banks are engaged in a daily struggle with criminal groups that are developing increasingly sophisticated programs to harvest passwords from internet banking customers, said Edwards.
"Criminal groups are developing sophisticated viruses and Trojans that do nothing but attack financial institutions," he said. "One Trojan carries screens that look like real bank sites. It monitors the user and opens up a fake site, or starts a key logger."
Another Trojan launches denial of service attacks against banks. Although it has had little success, more sophisticated Trojans will follow, Edwards warned.
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Copmputerweekly.com
posted by CMT, 6:59 da tarde
