Zeus Trojan hits tax system
A Zeus Trojan has attacked the US government's electronic tax payment system, telling recipients their payments were rejected and sending them to a link that both infects and redirects them to the legitimate electronic federal tax payment system Web site, reports Dark Reading.
Researchers at Solera Networks say they first discovered the Zeus tie-in with a spam run, which features high volumes of spam e-mails with subject lines such as, 'Last notice: your federal tax payment has been rejected in the system'.
The attack uses Zeus version two, according to Solera, and is one of the biggest spam campaigns the research firm has ever seen.
Citibank looks to new markets
Citibank is investing heavily in technology to support the expansion of its consumer banking business in the Asia-Pacific region, states The Wall Street Journal Online.
New Citibank branches are taking on what it calls the 'smart banking' model, with interactive touch panels, video conferencing capabilities and full service banking from devices such as iPhones and iPads.
In addition, it is teaming up with telecom operators Vodafone Group in India, M1 in Singapore and Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan to offer mobile payment services. Citigroup says the Asia-Pacific region is one of the most important regions to impact its profitability and market share.
Doctors make digital leap
Physicians have been slow to convert to electronic record keeping, even though healthcare experts say that digital patient records bring greater efficiencies and productivity, says TMCnet.
However, a growing number of health providers in the St Louis area are scrapping their paper charts for electronic records. In five or 10 years, experts say, electronic medical records will be swiftly sent between hospitals and medical offices, whose computer systems, as of now, cannot communicate.
Under last year's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the US Department of Health and Human Services is setting aside about $20 billion in stimulus money: up to $44 000 per physician who meets the government's criteria for investing in electronic patient records.
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