#1 And on a lighter note: More than 100 people have been arrested or charged in the U.S. and the U.K. as part of an alleged global cybercrime ring using computer viruses to steal bank-account information and loot money from unsuspecting victims...The prosecutors alleged a scheme in which hackers used malicious computer software known as Zeus Trojan, disguised in seemingly benign email. When the email recipient clicks on a link or attachment in the email, the virus monitors the victim's computer activity to grab user names and passwords.
The hackers, according to U.S. prosecutors, would use the stolen data to move money from victims' accounts to accounts held by the mules, who would either wire it overseas or take it out in cash. |