BEDFORD, Mass. -
The AFCC, which is a 24x7 "war room" that seeks to detect, monitor, track and shut down phishing, pharming and Trojan attacks against its institution clients, said it has seen an increase in distribution of so-called Man-in-the-Middle kits. These kits are created by a scammer and then distributed free to other scammers. The kits typically contain a backdoor, a string of code embedded into the kit that sends the phishing "results," usually stolen card numbers and credentials, not only to the user of the kit but also the creator of the kit.
Meanwhile, federal credit unions were the most frequently targeted financial institutions in the U.S. by online scammers during July, RSA said.
The AFCC reported that 39% of the phishing, pharming and other scams perpetrated against financial institutions were targeted at credit unions during July, versus 33% of regional U.S. banks and 28% of nationwide U.S. banks.
The percentage of attacks hosted in the U.S. continued to rise during July to 66%, according to RSA.
