Bogus E-mails from FDIC Link Computer Users To Viruses
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 15:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Cyber criminals are using fake messages claiming to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to deliver a virus capable of stealing unsuspecting victims' bank passwords and other sensitive personal information, says Gary Warner, the director of research in computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).