Russian online gang uses Trojan to steal financial info

Image by GoGap via FlickrOkay, almost three years and the "Sinowal Trojan" and an online gang of Russian thieves has over half a million credit card numbers at their disposal. Oh yay. On Friday morning, the RSA FraudAction Research Lab reported it had uncovered a digital cache of more than a half … [Read more...]

WaMu offers free online checking and savings accounts

As some of you know, online savings accounts typically offer a higher interest rate than traditional bricks-and-mortar banks can, due to the low overhead and "automatic" nature of the internet. WaMu is now offering personal savings accounts at a current rate of 3.25% (3.3% APY) with what they're calling … [Read more...]