Security News Most Wanted Malware: Banking Trojans Come to the Fore Again

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Banking trojans were extensively used by cyber-criminals during August, with three variants appearing in Check Point’s latest Global Threat Impact Index.

The Zeus, Ramnit and Trickbot banking trojans all appeared in the top 10. These Trojans work by identifying when the victim is visiting a banking website, and then use keylogging or web injects to harvest basic login credentials or more sensitive information such as PIN numbers. Alternatively, trojans may also direct victims to fake banking websites designed to mimic the legitimate ones and steal credentials that way.

“Financial gain is the major motive for the vast majority of cybercrime, and unfortunately criminals have a wide range of tools at their disposal to achieve this,” said Maya Horowitz, threat intelligence group Mmanager at Check Point. “To see both a highly effective ransomware variant and a range of banking Trojans in the top ten most prevalent malware families really underlines how tenacious and sophisticated malicious hackers can be in their attempts to extort money. Organizations need to be both vigilant and proactive in order to protect their networks.”

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