October 30, Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui
banking corporation announced that the bank have attacked by proofing username
and password which had stolen by a computer virus.
If a user have affected the computer virus, the virus show
the fake input screen when the user access a banking web site.
Here is a video demonstrated by SecureBrain.
Same kind of attacks are reported on Mizuho Bank, Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Rakuten bank, SBI Sumishin Netbank, Japan Post Bank, Mitsubishi
UFJ NICOS and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
As of November 12, Illegal remittance are more than 4
million yen ($50,000) and Illegal cash withdrawal are about 1.7 million yen ($20,000).
There is no other virus like this so far, but it is
reasonable to think this kind of attack will happen again. It is important to
protect your PC from a virus and make sure to input your data into proper website when you access a banking site.
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