ARLINGTON, Va. -- Credit unions are being warned of a new "spear phishing" scam targeting CEOs that tries to take advantage of a recently patched Internet Explorer hole to compromise credit union computers.
The attacks, according to the Credit Union Information Security Professionals Association (CUISPA), use e-mail messages sent to CEOs and other top executives that contain a link to a web page that attempts to download a Trojan horse program onto the executives' computers.
According to CUISPA, several credit union executives have reported such attacks, known as spear phishing, because they target specific employees. Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union …
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