Mary-Louise Hoffman
IBM‘s security researchers have identified an international cyber crime group using phishing emails, sophisticated malware and scam phone calls to steal money from large U.S.-based companies, Reuters reported Thursday.
Bill Rigby writes the hackers send unsolicited emails attached with a Dyre malicious software to corporate employees in order to execute fraudulent wire transfers.
Dyre is programmed to recognize a user’s visit to a banking site and display a message notifying the user that the webpage being accessed has technical issues and to call a provided number, the report said.
A live phone operator then would ask the victim for banking account details and quickly transfer money, according to Rigby’s article.
IBM‘s security business recommended that companies implement programs to help employees understand and identify phishing threats.
