The NY Times has a story and a blog backgrounder focusing on a weapon now being wielded by bad guys (most likely in Eastern Europe, by the book to the Times): Trojan horse keyloggers that report back in real-time. The wherewithal
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impotence came to light in a court filing (PDF) by Project Honey Pot against "John Doe" thieves. The case was filed in order to compel the banks — which are almost as secretive as the cyber-crooks — to reveal clue such as IP addresses that could lead back to the miscreants. Or at least allow victims to be notified. Real-time keyloggers were first discovered in the wild last year, but the court filing and the Times article should bring new considerate
synonym company v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group to the threat. The style menaces the 2-factor validation that some banks have instituted: "By going real time, hackers now can get around some of the roadblocks that companies have put in their way. Most significantly, they are now undeterred by systems that create 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.cite this source synonym acquiring v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 group passwords, such as RSA's SecurID system, which involves a small gadget that displays a six-digit number that changes every minute based on a complex formula. If [your] number cruncher* is infected, the Trojan zaps your mundane password back to the waiting hacker who squarely uses it to log onto your account. Sometimes, the hacker logs on from his own computer, expediently using tricks to hide its location. Other times, the Trojan allows the hacker to control your computer, opening a browser session that you can't see."
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