Akamai: Surge in hackers using complex crimeware to drain money from online bank accounts

There is an increase in use of complex crimeware that gathers the passwords of online customers at specific banks and automatically transfer funds out of their accounts, according to Akamai’s security group.

The surge is being aided by a tool called Yummba webinject, which generates pop-ups – injects – during legitimate banking sessions that ask for usernames and passwords, says Akamai’s Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert) in a threat advisory. The phony dialog boxes mimic the look and feel of the genuine bank Web pages with logos, colors and fonts used on the legitimate site.

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Android Security Continues to Challenge Mobile Developers – ADT Magazine


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Android Security Continues to Challenge Mobile Developers
ADT Magazine
Ongoing security vulnerabilities on the Android mobile platform are still plaguing developers, and the bad guys are even making inroads on iOS attacks, according to a new report from Trend Micro Inc. The cloud security company yesterday released its

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OpenDNS reinforces cloud security with ties to Check Point, ZeroFOX, others

OpenDNS has developed a partner API that lets security vendors connect their technologies to the OpenDNS cloud for enforcement, effectively extending protection to any device no matter where it connects to the Internet.

OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch

OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch

The first two such partners are Check Point and ZeroFOX, and the company will announce another dozen or so partners over the next few months, says OpenDNS CEO David Ulevitch.

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Cheap Android Tablets Have Cut-Rate Security – Yahoo Tech


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Cheap Android Tablets Have Cut-Rate Security
Yahoo Tech
When it comes to Android tablets, you get what you pay for — even during holiday sales. Android tablets costing substantially less than $ 100 are far more likely than more expensive models to have gaping security holes and other serious flaws
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