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batmagadanleadoff
Feb 16 2015 11:14 AM

Can any of you computer programmers point me in the right direction and tell me what I need to teach myself to learn how to do this ------>

Bank Hackers Stole Millions Using Remote Access Tools

Which languages do I need to know? I would like to pick up the skills needed to pull that off.

Ceetar
Feb 16 2015 11:32 AM
Re: Compute me

beats me I only get a blurb when i click that link.

In these cases the programming is usually secondary to figure out how the system you're hacking works and where you can gain entrance to it.

batmagadanleadoff
Feb 16 2015 11:42 AM
Re: Compute me

Try this:

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/15/technol ... k-hacking/

excerpt:

Hackers have stolen approximately $1 billion in what could be one of the largest bank heists ever, according to a new report from the Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky said Sunday it has uncovered how hackers surreptitiously installed spying software on bank computers, eventually learned how to mimic bank employee workflows and used the knowledge to make transfers into bank accounts they had created for this theft.


There's billions in this stuff, Ceets. Billions. Ask Willie Sutton. The banks is where they keep the money.

RealityChuck
Feb 16 2015 01:19 PM
Re: Compute me

It's far easier to go after the humans than the computers. People are the weakest link in any security scheme. Have them click on a link and you can put whatever you want on their computers.

cooby
Feb 16 2015 01:42 PM
Re: Compute me

I wondered where my last million dollars got to