FBI: Cyber-criminals targeting SMBs
November 30, 2009 by Valerie HelmbreckPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security
FBI investigators recently issued a warning to small and medium-sized organizations: Cyberthieves have you in their cross-hairs.
Agents are seeing a a big uptick over the past few months in what’s known as automated clearing house (ACH) fraud.
The targets of the scam: small businesses, municipal governments and schools.
How it usually works: Cyberthieves steal banking logins and passwords using keylogging software installed on finance officers’ computer via a malicious e-mail attachment. The criminals can then shuttle thousands or even millions of dollars from victim’s account using online banking to add payees to the account.
One solution: Designate a single computer in your organization to be used for online banking transactions –- nothing else. Restrict admin rights so that only IT can install software or security patches.
To read the FBI’s warning, visit here.
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