Several computer security companies have listed the Trojan horse Dyre as a malicious software at high risk and S21sec is the latest organization to join the chorus of “alerts”. According to the technology, five Spanish banks are already in the trojan victims list.
In shared information with the press is also revealed that so far has been registered activity of malicious software in relation to Portuguese banks.
“This is a threat that can affect some Spanish banks renowned. The Dyre acts through spam campaigns that contain malicious code, and uses financial credentials to access accounts, “he said in a statement the head of S21sec, David Avila.
The Dyre, also known as Dyreza, is currently one of the most active banking trojans. In addition to Spanish banks have added to his list of victims, the trojan also went to other Hispanic countries such as Chile, Venezuela and Colombia.
Before the trojan Dyre acted particularly in Anglo-Saxon markets, having made victims next to Barclays customers, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Lloyds Bank and Santander.
In addition to the S21sec also the computer security company FireEye and Symantec have come to light warn of the dangers of malware that spreads via email messages.
Once installed on the victim’s computer, the Trojan waits that you visit certain pages – of the banks. – to make theft of access credentials
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