David Nelson, an examination specialist with the FDIC said that almost all of the incidents reported to the FDIC were “related to malware on online banking customers’ PCs.” Usually an employee in accounting is ’social engineered’ into going to malicious site or downloading a Trojan horse program that gives hackers access to their banking passwords. Money is then stolen out of the business account using the Automated Clearing House system that banks use to transmit payments.

The first thing I would do is talk to accounting specifically, and perhaps even dedicate a PC to JUST banking and nothing else. You have to have end-user training in place as well as the usual layers of firewalls, anti-malware, patching, and several others. And make sure they are all updated and that definitions are being downloaded consistently.

(Hat tip: www.wservernews.com)

Netwitness says Kneber is a ZeuS Trojan botnet, a type of botnet known for its capability to target and steal key information stored on your computer, such as login credentials.

‘Kneber’ Botnet Attacks PCs Worldwide: FAQ – PCWorld

Google’s Public DNS claims to speed up this initial communication. Our testing indicates that Google’s service is indeed faster than other DNS servers including OpenDNS, another public offering.

If you’re a “safe surfer” you might want to give the Google DNS a shot. For content filtering on your family network, you can’t beat OpenDNS and Google’s speed isn’t reason enough to switch. It will be interesting to see if Google adds filtering to its DNS service.

Official Google Blog: Introducing Google Public DNS