Online Banking in UK Facing Sophisticated Malware Attacks

According to Sophos, a vendor for anti-virus software, Internet banking fraud in the UK dropped one-third in 2007 compared to 2006, with banks still losing £ 22.6 Million to the Internet banking fraudsters. As per reports in 2006 alone, online bank customers in the UK lost a startling £ 33.5 Million to phishers, calling for increased wariness against phishing scams.

Commenting on online phishing and banking frauds, Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos, warns end-users that banking Trojans, the malware that monitors end-users' ...

» SPAMfighter News - 26-06-2008