New Bank-Fraud Trojan
The German Federal Criminal Police (the “Bundeskriminalamt” or BKA for short) recently warned consumers about a new Windows malware strain that waits until the victim logs in to his bank account. The malware then presents the customer with a message stating that a credit has been made to his account by mistake, and that the account has been frozen until the errant payment is transferred back.
When the unwitting user views his account balance, the malware modifies the amounts displayed in his browser; it appears that he has recently received a large transfer into his account. The victim is told to immediately make a transfer to return the funds and unlock his account. The malicious software presents an already filled-in online transfer form with the account and routing numbers for a bank account the attacker controls.
RH • August 8, 2011 1:10 PM
It doesn’t make the transfer for you? The bank fraud ones I’m worried about are the ones that cleverly re-allocate your 2factor authentications, so that they can use one to transfer a ton of money out of your account.
On the upside… while reading this, did anyone else suddenly think of “Bank error in your favor, collect $200?”