{"id":615,"date":"2011-02-23T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s3529.at2.pressdns.com\/hackers-steal-millions-from-accounts-are-you-protected\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T14:39:00","slug":"hackers-steal-millions-from-accounts-are-you-protected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedsolutions.com\/615\/hackers-steal-millions-from-accounts-are-you-protected\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Steal Millions From Accounts – Are You Protected?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[singlepic id=827 w=320 h=240 float=right]Millions stolen from European organizations – Are your Windows Server security settings correct, attend training to be sure?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> An Eastern European cybergang has perfected an emerging form of digital theft to steal millions of dollars from Europe\u2019s carbon registries. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Elite cybergangs are gaining deep access to corporate networks<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0 and carrying out Ocean\u2019s 11-like capers that are equal parts digital con game and digital burglary. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Security classes such as CISSP<\/a>, Ethical Hacking<\/a>, Computer Forenics<\/a>, and ESCA\/LPT<\/a> may make the difference of whether hackers steal your information and\/or assets.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Another such gang, for instance, gained recent media attention for its deep access to Nasdaq\u2019s Directors Desk, a cloud-based collaboration service for senior executives. Authorities have released few details. But that gang went undetected for at least a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s become very common for advanced groups to be in systems for a year or longer without being detected,\u201d says Kim Peretti, forensics director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. \u201cWhat\u2019s frightening is their motives aren\u2019t so clear as to what they\u2019re looking for and what they\u2019re trying to do.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Europe\u2019s carbon registries let companies buy and sell pollution credits. The gang that gamed them put a fresh spin on phishing, the art of tricking users into clicking on a poisoned link. They also tweaked a commonplace tool, called a banking Trojan, used to highjack online accounts, says Uri Rivner, senior researcher at RSA, the security arm of EMC. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Rivner disclosed details at the RSA conference last week. He outlined how the gang impersonated employees charged with buying and selling carbon emission permits. After gathering intelligence about the carbon registries in 25 nations, the gang <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> From that foothold, the crooks methodically harvested account log-ons and closely monitored trading processes. At the proper moment, someone would log on as an authorized trader, execute a transaction and divert the proceeds into accounts controlled by accomplices. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u201cCreativity has never been in short supply in the criminal underground,\u201d says Rivner. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> In one sting, the gang stole $31 million from a Romanian cement company; in another, they called in a bomb threat to the Czech Republic registry. While the building was cleared, the bad guys exfiltrated $25.6 million. After several other large thefts, the European Commission shut down all the registries in mid-January. Some have been allowed to reopen, but the majority of Europe\u2019s carbon registries remain closed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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