Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products and the provider of a unified web security solution for the enterprise market, today responded to the recent cybercrime alert that was sent to members of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center. Finjan warns companies to increase security and improve employee awareness of the increase in threats to their online banking facilities in light of the increase of activity by Cyber Criminals.
The alert sent last Friday states that in the past six months, financial institutions, security companies and law enforcement agencies are all reporting a significant increase in funds transfer fraud. It involves the exploitation of valid banking credentials belonging to small and medium sized businesses.
"This illustrates a new facet of cybercrime that we are seeing today," said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO at Finjan. "In addition to the well-documented, massive data breaches against large institutions, organized cyber gangs are also now shifting their focus on small and mid-size companies. This trend includes stealing credentials to gain access to the corporate network to initiate a series of fraudulent wire transfers in increments of less than $10,000 from corporate bank accounts, which helps them avoid banks' anti-money-laundering reporting requirements."
"We have seen an increase in targeted attacks against financial institutions already in 2008 and predicted in our Web Security Trends Report of last year that both the amount of attacks and their severity will increase against financial institutions and their customers," Ben-Itzhak added. "We welcome and encourage the continued sharing of this kind of cybercrime intelligence to help minimize the effects of cybercrime. Sharing information, as also pointed out by the security team of Google, helps raise awareness as to the methods and techniques cybercriminals use and ultimately will contribute to the safety of business. Enterprises, Medium and Small businesses should heed the warning of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center and we advise them to out in place appropriate security which utelises real time inspection technology , they put in processes to check their financial transactions regularly for irregularities and train their people to follow best security practices. " Ben-Itzhak concluded.
In the UK businesses should also be aware of the advice contained in the banking code and specifically section 12.9 and 12.11, as if they do not follow the advice of the British Bankers' Association then their bank has the right to refuse to reimburse them for an online fraud carried out against them.
To see more about the banking code:
Clause 12.9 http://www.bba.org.uk/...
Clause 12.11 http://www.bba.org.uk/...
To read Finjan's Web Security Trends Report - Q4/2008: http://www.finjan.com/...
About MCRC
Finjan's MCRC specializes in the detection, analysis and research of web threats, including Crimeware, Web 2.0 attacks, Trojans and other forms of malware. Our goal is to be steps ahead of hackers and cybercriminals, who are attempting to exploit flaws in computer platforms and applications for their profit. In order to protect our customers from the next Crimeware wave and emerging malware and attack vectors, Finjan MCRC is a driving force behind the development of Finjan's next generation of security technologies used in our unified Secure Web Gateway solutions. For more information please also visit our info center and blog.
The alert sent last Friday states that in the past six months, financial institutions, security companies and law enforcement agencies are all reporting a significant increase in funds transfer fraud. It involves the exploitation of valid banking credentials belonging to small and medium sized businesses.
"This illustrates a new facet of cybercrime that we are seeing today," said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO at Finjan. "In addition to the well-documented, massive data breaches against large institutions, organized cyber gangs are also now shifting their focus on small and mid-size companies. This trend includes stealing credentials to gain access to the corporate network to initiate a series of fraudulent wire transfers in increments of less than $10,000 from corporate bank accounts, which helps them avoid banks' anti-money-laundering reporting requirements."
"We have seen an increase in targeted attacks against financial institutions already in 2008 and predicted in our Web Security Trends Report of last year that both the amount of attacks and their severity will increase against financial institutions and their customers," Ben-Itzhak added. "We welcome and encourage the continued sharing of this kind of cybercrime intelligence to help minimize the effects of cybercrime. Sharing information, as also pointed out by the security team of Google, helps raise awareness as to the methods and techniques cybercriminals use and ultimately will contribute to the safety of business. Enterprises, Medium and Small businesses should heed the warning of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center and we advise them to out in place appropriate security which utelises real time inspection technology , they put in processes to check their financial transactions regularly for irregularities and train their people to follow best security practices. " Ben-Itzhak concluded.
In the UK businesses should also be aware of the advice contained in the banking code and specifically section 12.9 and 12.11, as if they do not follow the advice of the British Bankers' Association then their bank has the right to refuse to reimburse them for an online fraud carried out against them.
To see more about the banking code:
Clause 12.9 http://www.bba.org.uk/...
Clause 12.11 http://www.bba.org.uk/...
To read Finjan's Web Security Trends Report - Q4/2008: http://www.finjan.com/...
About MCRC
Finjan's MCRC specializes in the detection, analysis and research of web threats, including Crimeware, Web 2.0 attacks, Trojans and other forms of malware. Our goal is to be steps ahead of hackers and cybercriminals, who are attempting to exploit flaws in computer platforms and applications for their profit. In order to protect our customers from the next Crimeware wave and emerging malware and attack vectors, Finjan MCRC is a driving force behind the development of Finjan's next generation of security technologies used in our unified Secure Web Gateway solutions. For more information please also visit our info center and blog.
