Security researchers recently uncovered a Nigerian scam\u00a0ring\u00a0that operates a\u00a0\u201cwire-wire\u201d attack, after members of the group\u00a0infected themselves with their own malware.<\/p>\n
According to a report by IEEE Spectrum<\/strong><\/a>, the scammers\u00a0used the attack to steal hundreds of thousands of US dollars from small and medium-sized businesses worldwide.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’ve gotten unprecedented insight into the very nitty-gritty mechanics of their entire operation,\u201d says James Bettke, a researcher at SecureWorks.<\/p>\n The attack uses compromised\u00a0corporate email accounts to execute fraudulent financial transactions.<\/p>\n SecureWorks discovered the attacks after\u00a0five of the scammers self-infected their computers with the key-logger\u00a0malware used in their attacks.<\/p>\n The malware loaded screenshots and keystrokes from compromised computers to an open-web database.<\/p>\n SecureWorks found the database by using the virus scanning tool VirusTotal to search for suspicious email attachments, stated the report.<\/p>\n What would happen when two countries fight a cyber war<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore security news<\/h3>\n