Cyber thieves film user activity to engineer better methods for stealing bank cash

In order to come up with better methods of stealing from online bank accounts, Cyber thieves are reportedly grabbing videos to observe how the victims use their computers.

A report released by Dell Secureworks shed light on the activities of top eight bank crime networks.

According to the BBC, five out of the top eight bank botnets can constantly grab images to build movies of user activity.

Dr Brett Stone-Gross, a senior researcher at Dell said that continuous evolution of the code and continued sophistication was visible, adding that cyber thieves could measure where the mouse is and how long it takes to enter data that goes into the banks' automated transfer systems.

The report also stated that thieves were capable of manipulating data passing between users and banks to grab logins and hide thefts.