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Authentify Releases EFT Verifier to Thwart Unauthorized Electronic Fund Transfers by Criminals Employing ZeuS Malware

Malware "loggers" like ZeuS capture everything typed on a user's keyboard including bank account numbers and passwords. A criminal must still get funds out of the account. Electronic funds transfer via wire transfer or e-payment applications have become the attack point. Adding a payee account number at an account the fraudster controls is the final step.

"If I break into your home and steal jewelry, I still have to 'fence' the items to get cash," according to Peter Tapling, Authentify's CEO. "The fraudsters must still turn those logged keystrokes into cash. Stop them from adding a new payee or transfer number to a compromised account and you stop the theft."

Authentify's ETF Verifier can be invoked whenever a new payee is added to an online payment or wire enabled account. The Totally Out-of-Band Authentication process or TOOBA, sends an XML message to Authentify's telephony service center. The message triggers a phone call to a telephone number for the account owner. Transaction details including payee identification is repeated via phone to the account owner and allows the user to approve or cancel the transaction via the telephone keypad.

"If you're not using your account and you're called regarding a transfer, you know something is wrong," according to Tapling. "The call provides the chance to stop the fraudulent transaction and delivers a red alert that there is a problem."

ETF Verifier is available immediately. A demonstration is hosted on the Authentify Web site at www.authentify.com.

About Authentify:

Authentify's patented totally-out-of-band authentication solution protects online systems from cyber-attack. It requires no new equipment, it's inexpensive, quickly integrated, and customer-friendly relying on telephone technology with which users are already familiar.

(c) 2010 AUTHENTIFY, INC. U.S. PATENT NOS. 6,934,858 / 7,383,572 / 7,461,258

Todd Pauli
Authentify
773.243.0324
todd.pauli@authentify.com
or
Robert Soden
Authentify, Ltd. Hong Kong
+852.9304.6699
robert.soden@authentify.com