Trojan steals £700,000 from UK bank
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Insecurity researchers at M86's Security Labs say they have uncovered a Zeus v3 Trojan botnet that has managed to steal over £650,000 from customers of an unnamed UK bank. The "sophisticated" attack by cybercriminals uses Web-based malware to rob money via the bank's online banking system, the researchers said.They reckon to have discovered a "command and control centre" located in Eastern Europe which directs the operation. According to the report...
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