Posted by Tess on 2/6/13 4:58pm
Msg #454335

Of Interest since we log onto and/or receive files from

settlement offices!!!


http://www.rynoh.com/index.php/home/blog/entry/cyber-fraud-alert-a-new-wrinkle



Malware now attacking accounting software



CYBER FRAUD ALERT: A NEW WRINKLE
RynohLive prevents Cyber Fraud from costing agent over $300,000


Last week RynohLive's Morning Report alerted a Virginia Title Agent to suspicious activity in their Escrow Account. They were poised to be victimized by the ZeuS Bot and Zero Access Rootkit Malware that had infiltrated their network. Rather than accessing their online banking, the Malware "went into" their settlement software and issued checks and moved funds into fictitious files that had been created. It appears as if the Malware was able to gain access through an outdated version of Java.

Had the agent not been attentive and carefully reviewed their Morning Report their potential loss would have been in excess of $300,000.00. They were able to notify the bank before any of the checks cleared.


More at website.

Reply by Jodith/WA on 2/6/13 10:41pm
Msg #454436

Seriously, if you still have Java enabled on your computer, you deserve to be hacked. It's one of the worst maintained software and has a huge history of security vulnerabilities. We've uninstalled it on all of our computers, even the non-business ones. If a website requires java to use it, we don't use that website.

The problem is Sun Microsystems, who owns Java. They were bought out by Oracle, who just doesn't give a fig about the open source software, and they aren't maintaining it properly.