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Current Filter: Security>>>>>News> Dyre straits as bank customers hit Editorial Type: News Date: 09-2015 Views: 1179   |  | ||
| Norton by Symantec has released new research on the Dyre Trojan, which is now configured to defraud customers of more than 1,000 banks and other companies worldwide Following takedowns of the Gameover Zeus, Ramnit and Shylock operations, Dyre infections surged and attacks became more aggressive, making it the most dangerous financial Trojan. Notably, Norton by Symantec found that Dyre, a sophisticated piece of malware, is capable of hijacking all three major web browsers to intercept banking credentials, with financial institutions in the UK and US the most targeted, in order to defraud those customers that bank with them. In the UK, 66 banks have been targeted, resulting in over 15,789 attacks against banking customers, it reports. | |||
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