Trojan targets UK online bank accounts

Virus writers have created a new Trojan horse capable of helping crooks to break into the accounts of British internet banking customers.

The Banker-AJ Trojan targets users of UK online banks such as Abbey, Barclays, Egg, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide and NatWest. The malware records passwords and keystrokes once users of infected machines visit targeted websites. This data is then surreptitiously transmitted to crooks, allowing fraudsters to later empty bank accounts.

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