Sophisticated botnet steals more than $47M by infecting PCs and phones | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Intercepts SMS messages from bank, defeating two-factor authentication.

 

A new version of the Zeus trojan—a longtime favorite of criminals conducting online financial fraud—has been used in attacks on over 30,000 electronic banking customers in Europe, ===> infecting both their personal computers and smartphones. <===

 

The sophisticated attack is designed to circumvent banks' use of two-factor authentication for transactions by intercepting messages sent by the bank to victims' mobile phones.

 

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http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/sophisticated-botnet-steals-more-than-47m-by-infecting-pcs-and-phones/