United Services Automobile Association has issued an alert to its members regarding an advanced phishing e-mail scam, which makes the effort for loading a harmful banker Trojan onto their PCs, published ThreatPost on December 19, 2011.
Specifically, according to USAA, the e-mail, exhibiting the caption "Deposit Posted," contains an accurate logo as well as a "Security Zone" number of 4 digits, which resembles the actual member number of the customer. Besides, the e-mail notifies the recipient that one particular deposit the firm treated has been posted onto his account.
Thereafter, below the artificially created deposit, it's urged in the message that users require opening a given attachment and know about additional details. But, on doing so, one instantly gets attacked with a malicious PC-Trojan that pilfers his banking credentials. The act subsequently also necessitates an entire reinstallation of the operating system on the victimized PC because of the computer's vulnerability to the theft, USAA explains.
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