Limbo Trojan Stealing Banking Info Through Bogus Data Entry Fields

Recent findings from security researchers have found where a new Trojan horse infection, identified as Limbo Trojan, has the ability to add additional entry fields onto legitimate online banking sites. This may be a serious issue especially when you completely trust that your online banking website is secure.

Steven Lawson, from IDG News Service, has posted an article about the Limbo Trojan grabbing extra personal banking data through additional entry fields and goes on to explain that this attack may be in conjunction with other phishing sites.

Trojan infections have been known to download malicious files onto computers, open up access for remote attackers and display fake popup or ad messages all in an effort to single you out for an attack. Phishing is at an all-time high and it does not stop short with new Trojan infections that have the tactic of displaying additional entry fields onto legit websites.

The nature of this newly discovered "Limbo Trojan" infection is that you may notice a few more entry fields when filling out of form on your favorite banking website. From researchers this Trojan horse uses a HTML injection web browsing technique. This method basically integrates the infection's action into a web browsers functionality. If your banking site asks you for enough personal information that you do not think is out of the norm then the creators of this Trojan have done their job to steal your identity. That is the ultimate goal and objective of this Trojan, to pick-pocket you online.

Normally when we see entry fields that ask for common items such as your name, address, phone number and maybe confirm your password, we have no issue filling it out provided that it is coming from our actual banking site. This is a common tactic in phishing but in the past phishing was done through an entirely different web page, usually a malicious web site domain. The trickery with new Trojans is that it does the phishing on the real website by only prompting you to enter information in a few more entry fields.

Let this be a warning to and guide to help you look out for suspicious entry fields on banking sites. During Americas downing economy we may expect to see more ways for cheaters and hackers to take advantage of people through stealing personal information that could lead to theft of your money and identity theft. It is always suggested to keep your antispyware and antivirus programs up to date to ensure that your computer does not aide to Trojan infections that cause issues such as mentioned in this article.