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Users online of Portuguese banks are in the crosshairs of cyber crime.

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The target of cybercriminals is pointed to Portugal. We identified a new family of computer virus – malware – called Hesperbot that threatens to steal through fake emails, access credentials to online banking accounts of the victim. The virus can still take over completely from your computer or smartphone infected.

“The level of sophistication that surrounds this trojan [trojan] took their operators to register Internet domains to credibly disseminate malicious code that would allow them to obtain bank details and even install malicious code on their smartphones, “states Nuno Mendes, director general of ESET Portugal , the company that detected this virus.

Hesperbot The goal is to steal bank credentials and access illegitimate bank accounts. Millennium BCP, Caixa e-banking, BPI net, Caixadirecta online and Santander Totta is the banks that are in the crosshairs of this virtual assault.

<, p align = "justify"> What’s more, this virus is able to record everything that is typed on the keyboard, record all visited addresses and capture images and video screen, warning Nuno Mendes.

“The fastest and easiest way to determine whether a computer is infected with Hesperbot pass by using an online scanner like that , “advises Nuno Mendes.

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Alert virus that seizes bank accounts

Users online of Portuguese banks are in the crosshairs of cyber crime.

By: Rafaela Almeida

“The level of sophistication that surrounds this trojan [trojan] took their operators to register Internet domains to credibly disseminate malicious code that would allow them to obtain bank details and also install the code malicious in their smartphones, “states Nuno Mendes, director general of Portugal ESET, the company detected this virus.

Hesperbot The goal is to steal the credentials of the bank and having unlawful access to bank accounts. Millennium BCP, Caixa e-banking, BPI net, Caixadirecta online and Santander Totta is the banks that are in the crosshairs of this virtual assault.

Plus, this virus is able to record everything that is typed on the keyboard, record all visited addresses and capture images and video screen, warning Nuno Mendes.

“The fastest and easiest way to determine whether a computer is infected with Hesperbot pass by using an online scanner, as we provide the ESET website,” advises Nuno Mendes.