Banks in Eastern Europe Under Attack from Crimeware
It seems that it’s not only the customers of US, UK and Brazilian banks that are under attack from crimeware such as the Zeus trojan, that logs into online bank accounts and allows criminals to transfer funds from victims’ accounts.
Now customers of Eastern European banks are also under attack, according to security researcher Joe Stewart of SecureWorks. Joe says that the BlackEnergy2 trojan is now being used to break into online bank accounts of infected users who are accessing online banking sites in Russia and Ukraine.
In addition to allowing cyber criminals to fraudulently transfer funds, the trojan launches a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) on the bank. This prevents legitimate users from logging in, and distracts bank security and IT employees.