According to blackmediaSCOOP, checking your bank account balance regularly online has been a pretty good way to guard against fraud—until now.
An Israeli security firm has identified a new virus that not only steals the info shady folks need to drain your bank account. The darn virus ensures you don’t see those transactions when you visit your bank’s site. Basically it’s like a salon store robber switching out the video on the building’s security cameras.
It’s called “SpyEye Trojan,” and the virus first spies on your login information, and then tricks you into giving up your credit card number.
Once the hacker has your info, the virus keeps track of every fraudulent purchase he makes with it. The next time you check your account, it’ll make sure those items don’t show up onscreen, and change your balance to account for them. Checking from an ATM or uninfected computer will stop the game, but by then it may be too late.
The security firm says the virus has already affected real customers—and they expect its use to spread.
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