Trojan Virus Has Been Stealing Bank Info For Years

The BBC is reporting about a trojan that has been quietly collecting online banking information for nearly three years. This particular virus is interesting because you didn't need to click on a pop-up or spam email link to get it. Using the 'drive-by download' method, simply visiting a website is enough to be infected.

The details of about 500,000 online bank accounts and credit and debit cards have been stolen by a virus described as "one of the most advanced pieces of crimeware ever created".
The Sinowal trojan has been tracked by RSA, which helps to secure networks in Fortune 500 companies.
RSA said the trojan virus has infected computers all over the planet. "The effect has been really global with over 2000 domains compromised," said Sean Brady of RSA's security division.
The RSA's Fraud Action Research Lab said it first detected the Windows Sinowal trojan in Feb 2006.
Since then, Mr Brady said, more than 270,000 banking accounts and 240,000 credit and debit cards have been compromised from financial institutions in countries including the US, UK, Australia and Poland.
"One of the key points of interest about this particular trojan is that it has existed for two and a half years quietly collecting information," he said.

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