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Hackers planted malware on an automated teller machine (ATM) server belonging to an Indian bank as part of a criminal scheme which saw the theft of nearly 944 million rupees (US $13.5 million) in a co-ordinated attack across 28 countries last weekend.
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Hackers planted malware on an automated teller machine (ATM) server belonging to an Indian bank as part of a criminal scheme which saw the theft of nearly 944 million rupees (US $13.5 million) in a co-ordinated attack across 28 countries last weekend.
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The growth of mobile technology and the increased importance of cybersecurity have dominated news cycles in the past year. At the same time, one of the biggest threats we’re seeing against mobile are overlay attacks – combining social engi… Continue reading Dealing with Overlay Attacks: Adopting Built-in Security To Safeguard Mobile Experience
Radware Threat Research Center has identified a hijacking campaign aimed at Brazilian Bank customers through their IoT devices, attempting to gain their bank credentials. The research center has been tracking malicious activity targeting DLink DSL mod… Continue reading IoT Hackers Trick Brazilian Bank Customers into Providing Sensitive Information
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Three members of a ‘prolific’ and ‘notorious’ hacking group, known for carrying out massive hacking sprees against high-profile organizations have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to the US Department of Ju… Continue reading Notorious hacking group Fin7’s 3 main hackers arrested by the FBI
An updated version of a popular credential-stealing malware variant has been paired with ransomware to send thousands of emails in North America, according to new research. Within a day of hackers releasing an update of the trojan malware known as AZORult to underground forums, a “prolific actor” had coupled it with the Hermes ransomware, according to research from email security company Proofpoint. The hybrid malware campaign targeted email users with job-related subject lines that came with malicious attachments, Proofpoint said. The company attributed the campaign to a hacking group it dubbed TA516, which has used similar tricks to install banking trojans or a Monero cryptocurrency miner. The Hermes 2.1 variant used in the attack first emerged in November 2017 and was used in an attack on a Taiwanese bank that has been linked with North Korea. However, there isn’t any evidence to suggest at this point that TA516 is linked […]
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Proofpoint researchers have discovered a new remote access Trojan (RAT) as well as an updated version of an already identified banking Trojan and claim that both the RATs are involved in recently detected phishing campaigns targeting the retai… Continue reading Parasite HTTP RAT loaded with advanced detection evasion capability
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WannaCry ransomware hero is facing charges in the United States for developing Kronos banking trojan. In August 2017, Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog on Twitter) aka WannaCry ransomware hero was arrested in the United States by the FBI and c… Continue reading New variant of Kronos banking trojan spotted using Tor network
There are some good lessons in this article on financial fraud: That’s how we got it so wrong. We were looking for incidental breaches of technical regulations, not systematic crime. And the thing is, that’s normal. The nature of fraud is that it works… Continue reading On Financial Fraud
There are some good lessons in this article on financial fraud: That’s how we got it so wrong. We were looking for incidental breaches of technical regulations, not systematic crime. And the thing is, that’s normal. The nature of fraud is that it works outside your field of vision, subverting the normal checks and balances so that the world changes… Continue reading On Financial Fraud