The amount of money in the first five months of this year is captured in Belgian internetbankierders is already four times higher than the loot over the whole of 2011. Also the number of fraud cases is increasing sharply.
That is according to figures from Febelfin, the Belgian Federation of the Financial Sector, and the Federal Computer Crime Unit (FCCU) of the Belgian police. In 2011, the loss due to fraud estimated at 175.332 euros, while the amount of the damage in the first five months of 2012 had already increased to 715.081 euros, more than four times more. In addition, the number of fraud cases from 94 in 2011 to 261 in the first five months of this year.
According to ZDnet, is the actual amount for 2012 is even higher, because this is a nettoberekening; it comes to stolen money that is never recovered by the police or the judiciary, while the total amount was around 2.5 million euro.
Febelfin and the FCCU cite a number of reasons for the rapid increase. So would the number of companies that target was further increased. Also hackers would increasingly well-hidden malware use to login to figure out, while also using social engineering being struck, for example, by persons who pose as a bank employee.
According to the investigation, it is in a lot of cases of fraud is difficult for the booty to take back, since they generally use is made of puppets. Therefore, hammering the two organisations that not only the banks have their security in order, but that there is also a responsibility lies with the consumer. They would under other current anti-virus software to install and a firewall should run.