New malware hitting bank accounts will spend victims’ money, but won’t be obvious by looking at an online statement. Computer security firm Trusteer reported a new malware virus attacked some customers’ online bank accounts during the holiday season.
The virus uses your debit card information and then covers its tracks in your online statement with “post transaction attacks.”
“These are designed to conceal illegitimate activity for as long as possible to either allow money to transfer to its final destination – uninterrupted, or continue to control the account and perform further transactions,” Trusteer says.
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