New E-Banking Trojans Target Android Users

The security firm Trusteer reports that new Web-based attacks are targeting Android smartphone users in a campaign to circumvent two-factor sign-on features used by many banks to protect account holders. Writing on the Trusteer blog on Tuesday, CTO Amit Klein of Trusteer said that researchers the...

House Hearing to Address Capital Market Threats

The House Committee on Financial Services is hosting a hearing tomorrow in which they will explore the various cyber threats targeting capital markets and government sponsored enterprises. Entitled “Cyber Threats to Capital Markets and Corporate Accounts,” the hearing in front of the Committee on...

Tatanga Trojan Mixes MitB with Social Engineering

Cybercriminals are using the Tatanga trojan to carry out a complicated man-in-the-browser MitB attack that enables the circumvention of SMS authentication for financial transactions, according to Trusteer’s Amit Klein. The attack is targeting the customers of a number of banks in Germany. How man...