'Gameover' - Latest Zeus Malware Targets Your Bank Account

Be careful online shoppers, online bankers or online money makers, GAMEOVER malware is here!

It is being reported that the latest variant of infamous Zeus identity-theft trojan is lurking in the internet and it is adept of conquering common ways of user authentication used by financial institutions.

Gameover is the specific name of the latest version of Zeus malware. Tech people called this as Gameover malware, Gameover virus or Gameover trojan.

This malware starts as a phishing scheme with spam e-mails — allegedly from the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), the Federal Reserve Bank, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) — that leads to malware/virus infection and eventual access to the victim’s bank account.


Here's a warning from FBI:

The malware is appropriately called “Gameover” because once it’s on your computer, it can steal usernames and passwords and defeat common methods of user authentication employed by financial institutions. And once the crooks get into your bank account, it’s definitely “game over.”

Gameover is a newer variant of the Zeus malware, which was created several years ago and specifically targeted banking information.

The FBI disclosed the phishing decoys typically contains a link in the email that goes to a bogus website. ”Once you’re there, you inadvertently download the Gameover malware, which promptly infects your computer and steals your banking information,” it warned.

So if you fond of using your credit card or bank account information in purchasing or online shopping, see to it that you are protected with an antivirus or anti-malware that can detect the latest strain of Zeus malware, the Gameover malware.

If not, say goodbye to your bank accounts for it's totally a GAMEOVER!

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