Bogus training offer opens hacker doors to bank accounts
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mischief-making hackers, always willing to try clever ways to bypass advanced security safeguards, have figured out a way to make off like bandits, literally. According to a BBC report, the exploit first tricks account-owning victims by presenting offers of training for an upgraded security system. The hacker criminals, with their victims unaware, proceed to move money out of these users accounts.
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