A recent computer security breach that left 40 million credit cards vulnerable to fraud shows how online criminals are scoring big by thinking small, experts said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n
Cybercriminals are increasingly crafting more focused attacks with a potential for profit as they target one or two companies at a time, rather than blasting out Internet virus attacks across the globe, according to security experts.<\/p>\n
The payoffs can be enormous. MasterCard International said on Friday that an outsider gained access to as many as 40 million credit and debit cards from CardSystems Solutions Inc., a payment processor. A MasterCard spokeswoman said on Monday that the attacker had placed a malicious computer script on CardSystems computers.<\/p>\n
In Israel, police are investigating a massive case of industrial espionage that used a “Trojan horse” computer program to copy confidential information from some of the country’s top businesses.<\/p>\n
Security vendors say such attacks are increasingly common.<\/p>\n
“We have seen several examples of targeted, manually crafted Trojans that people write and implement for a very small number of companies,” said Aladdin Security Vice President Shimon Gruper.<\/p>\n
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