Scammers 調印 up to credit card stealing 'subscription service' for £80 a month
- Fraudsters are selling malicious ソフトウェア to other 犯罪のs on the dark web?
- 犯罪のs use this ソフトウェア to steal card 詳細(に述べる)s
- Over 600,000 peoples' bank card (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) has been 漏れるd in this way
Malware - or malicious ソフトウェア - is helping to 燃料 a murky 暗黒街 of bank card 窃盗 on the dark web, it has been 明らかにする/漏らすd.
犯罪のs are selling ソフトウェア programs to other 犯罪のs which 許す them to more easily 収穫 unsuspecting 犠牲者s' personal card 詳細(に述べる)s - often on 'subscriptions' costing as little as £80 per month.?
Fraudsters have also been stealing credit card 詳細(に述べる)s using this ソフトウェア, then bundling them together and selling them on to other 犯罪のs on the dark web.
The 詳細(に述べる)s of over 600,000 bank cards from around the world have been 漏れるd online in this way, a new 報告(する)/憶測 from cyber 安全 company NordVPN 明らかにする/漏らすs.
And it is not just card numbers 犯罪のs are stealing. Worryingly, 99 per cent of the stolen card profiles also 含むd extra data, such as the 犠牲者's 指名する, computer とじ込み/提出するs and saved 信任状, which can be used for other types of 詐欺.
![Credit card heist: Criminals are using malware to harvest card and personal details, with estimates suggesting 600,000 card details have been leaked on the dark web in this way](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/11/11/87197945-13623445-image-a-1_1720695288538.jpg)
Credit card heist: 犯罪のs are using malware to 収穫 card and personal 詳細(に述べる)s, with 見積(る)s 示唆するing 600,000 card 詳細(に述べる)s have been 漏れるd on the dark web in this way
How are 犯罪のs stealing card 詳細(に述べる)s?
Malware is malicious ソフトウェア designed to infiltrate, 損失, or 偉業/利用する computer systems and 網状組織s.
犯罪のs use the malware 道具s, which are often paid for as a subscription, for (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 窃盗. They 機能(する)/行事 like any other subscription service, in that the 犯罪の 支払う/賃金s a 料金 and receives 接近 to さまざまな data-stealing features.
Adrianus Warmehoven, a cybersecurity 専門家 at NordVPN said: 'Malware is often use d as a 武器 of 集まり 感染 because the results are able to spread at 規模, even for 比較して unskilled people.'
Malware as a service is 利用できる for 購入(する) for as little as £80 to £120 per month from specialised dark web marketplaces, often 設立する on 電報電信.
The providers of malware go the extra mile to support their 顧客s, often 供給するing 広範囲にわたる 指導/手引, 使用者 guides, reviews and 献身的な 会議s where new 使用者s can get help.
犯罪のs' malware of choice is called RedLine. Six out of 10 支払い(額) cards were stolen using this malware, NordVPN said.
RedLine is a sophisticated (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状)-stealing program. Surfacing in March 2020, it quickly became the 支配的な malware during the pandemic.
Redline おもに infiltrates 装置s 経由で phishing emails, 偉業/利用するing 証拠不十分s in other ソフトウェア programs, deceptive 広告s, and 妥協d public USB ports.?
Warmehoven said: 'RedLine is one of the most popular malware-as-a-service 道具s globally, and our 研究 has 設立する that it is 存在 used by cybercriminals in the UK. It is readily 利用できる and 比較して 安価な for 犯罪のs of all technical abilities.
'The 国家の Cyber 安全 Centre, the UK's 国家の cybersecurity 機関, identifies RedLine Stealer as a major 脅し, 最高潮の場面ing its 人気 and 緩和する of use.
'RedLine Stealer 特に 的s login 信任状, credit card (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状), and other 極度の慎重さを要する data. This stolen (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) can be 直接/まっすぐに used for fraudulent online 購入(する)s, making it a 価値のある 道具 for CNP 詐欺.'
![Targeted: Armed with someone's card details and telephone number, a fraudster may be able to phone someone and convince them that they are calling from their bank](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/12/12/87248185-13623445-image-a-9_1720783380389.jpg)
的d: 武装した with someone's card 詳細(に述べる)s and telephone number, a fraudster may be able to phone someone and 納得させる them that they are calling from their bank?
Card 詳細(に述べる)s stolen through Redline are then put up for sale on さまざまな channels, such as 電報電信 and dark web marketplaces.
犯罪のs may 購入(する) these card 詳細(に述べる)s in 本体,大部分/ばら積みの or buy them 個々に, depending on the level of (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) 利用できる. Cards with 付加 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) are more in 需要・要求する and likely to sell 急速な/放蕩な.
Stolen data is sold and used incredibly quickly ― often in a 事柄 of hours. 犯罪のs know that the quicker they 偉業/利用する the stolen 支払い(額) card 詳細(に述べる)s, the higher the chance their fraudulent 処理/取引s will go through.
Having someone's card 詳細(に述べる)s can also enable other types of 詐欺. For example, if a scammer had someone's card 詳細(に述べる)s and their telephone number, they could 潜在的に phone them and 納得させる them tha t they were calling from their bank, before 説得するing them to 移転 over cash in an authorised 押し進める 支払い(額) scam.??
Which credit cards do scammers 的?
Over half of the 600,000 cards were ビザ, and a third were Mastercard cards, while 1 per cent were American 表明する, NordVPN 設立する.
All 支払い(額) cards are at 危険 of 窃盗, and ビザ cards are likely to be stolen most often because more people use them.
A 広報担当者 from ビザ said: 'ビザ's uncompromising かかわり合い to 安全 has kept f raud at historic lows and our continued 投資 in combatting 詐欺 and 高めるing 安全 配達するs enormous 利益s to 消費者s and 商売/仕事s.
'We 活発に 持続する an 認識/意識性 of any cyber and 詐欺 脅しs as we 監視する the dark web, continually 捜し出すing out 指示する人(物)s of 妥協s associated with such 脅しs.
'We work with our partners and (弁護士の)依頼人s globally to 安全な・保証する the 網状組織 against a wide 範囲 of cyber and 詐欺 脅しs. As part of this we work closely with our (弁護士の)依頼人 banks to educate and 知らせる cardholders on the dangers of 詐欺 and malicious actors is also a 重要な part of this activity.
Mastercard is 現在/一般に working with banks, fintechs, and merchants to 段階 out 手動式の card 入ること/参加(者) for e-商業 in Europe by 2030, in 好意 of a one-click button that will work on any online 壇・綱領・公約.
It has created 'tokenization' as a way to 保護する 顧客s' card data, which 取って代わるs the 16-to-19-digit card number with a 無作為に 生成するd one.
Instead of passing your actual 16 digit card number to a shop, you pass a tokenised number that's unique to you, the 処理/取引 and the merchant.?
This 効果的に (判決などを)下すs any stolen card 詳細(に述べる)s useless to hackers.
Mastercard is now using generative AI to to 速く (悪事,秘密などを)発見する when 犯罪のs are using stolen debit and credit card 詳細(に述べる)s.?
ビザ has also been using AI to analyse billions of historic bank 処理/取引s for 調印するs of fraudulent activity.?
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