Operation High Roller was a series of fraud in the banking system in different parts of the world that used cyber-collection agents in order to collect PC and smart-phone information to electronically raid bank accounts. [1] It was dissected in 2012 by McAfee and Guardian Analytics. [2] A total of roughly $78 million was siphoned out of bank accounts due to this attack. [3] The attackers were operating from servers in Russia, Albania and China to carry out electronic fund transfers. [4]
This cyber attack is described to have the following features: [5]
While some sources have suggested it to be an extension of man-in-the-browser attack [6] Operation High Roller is reported to have harnessed a more extensive level of automation distinguishing it from the traditional methods. [7]