Here's How Brazilian Crooks Steal Billions

Current Berkman People and Projects 2014-07-09

Summary:

Man-in-the-middle attack against a Brazilian payment system: Brazil has an extremely active and talented cybercrime underground, and increasingly Brazilian organized crime gangs are setting their sights on boleto users who bank online. This is typically done through malware that lies in wait until the user of the hacked PC visits their bank’s site and fills out the account information for...

Link:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/07/heres_how_brazi.html

Updated:

07/09/2014, 11:52

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Tags:

authentication brazil cybercrime malware maninthemiddleattacks theft twofactorauthentication

Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

07/09/2014, 12:10

Date published:

07/09/2014, 08:30