Nearly everyone has faced a cyber criminal\u2019s activity at one point or another. You have probably received a magical SMS that read something like: \u201cYou are the winner!!! Your Ferrari and $1M await you! Call XXXXXX right now!!!\u201d Up until now, these well-known tricks have worked surprisingly well. Even if you\u2019ve never taken the bait yourself, you probably know somebody who did.<\/p>\n
That person (or you) is not alone. Employees of huge corporations have also been taken by schemes from cyber criminals. For example, over the course of two years the Carbanak cybergang stole funds from dozens of financial institutions<\/a> worldwide to the tune of roughly $1 Billion. Right now, there is a type of mobile malware targeting mobile banking<\/a>.<\/p>\n The greatest heist of the century: how hackers stole $1 bln https:\/\/t.co\/mLlnrDLFbl<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bLFjN6ugLZ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) February 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n