Category Archives: Banking

Unveiling the latest banking trojan threats in LATAM

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This post was made possible through the research contributions of Amir Gendler. In our most recent research in the Latin American (LATAM) region, we at IBM Security Lab have observed a surge in campaigns linked with malicious Chrome extensions. These campaigns primarily target Latin America, with a particular emphasis on its financial institutions. In this […]

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ShinyHunters Claims Santander Bank Breach: 30M Customers’ Data for Sale

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By Waqas
ShinyHunters’ claims surfaced two weeks after Santander Bank acknowledged a data breach linked to a third-party contractor involving…
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IntelBroker Hacker Leaks Alleged HSBC & Barclays Bank Data

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By Waqas
Hackers claim to have breached a third-party contractor of HSBC and Barclays, stealing sensitive data including database files, source code, and more.
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Fake Chrome Updates Hide Android Brokewell Malware Targeting Your Bank

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By Deeba Ahmed
New Android malware alert! Brokewell steals data, takes over devices & targets your bank. Learn how this sneaky malware works & what you can do to protect yourself. Stop Brokewell before it stops you!
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Unlocking the Power of Portfolio Analysis – A Comprehensive Guide

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By Owais Sultan
In banking and business, you need to know how your investments are doing and what they are made…
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New Fakext malware targets Latin American banks

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Browser extensions have become integral to our online experience. From productivity tools to entertainment add-ons, these small software modules offer customized features to suit individual preferences. Unfortunately, extensions can prove useful to malicious actors as well. Capitalizing on the favorable characteristics of an add-on, an attacker can leverage attributes like persistence, seamless installation, elevated privileges […]

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New CHAVECLOAK Banking Trojan Targets Brazilians via Malicious PDFs

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By Deeba Ahmed
The CHAVECLOAK banking Trojan employs PDFs, ZIP downloads, DLL sideloading, and deceptive pop-ups to target Brazil’s unsuspecting banking users financial sector. 
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Infosys Data Breach Impacts 57,000 Bank of America Customers

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By Waqas
Bank of America customers participating in deferred compensation plans are the main victims of this data breach.
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CFPB’s Proposed Data Rules

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In October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a set of rules that if implemented would transform how financial institutions handle personal data about their customers. The rules put control of that data back in the hands of ordinary Americans, while at the same time undermining the data broker economy and increasing customer choice and competition. Beyond these economic effects, the rules have important data security benefits.

The CFPB’s rules align with a key security idea: the decoupling principle. By separating which companies see what parts of our data, and in what contexts, we can gain control over data about ourselves (improving privacy) and harden cloud infrastructure against hacks (improving security). Officials at the CFPB have described the new rules as an attempt to accelerate a shift toward “open banking,” and after an initial comment period on the new rules closed late last year, Rohit Chopra, the CFPB’s director, …

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PixPirate: The Brazilian financial malware you can’t see

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Malicious software always aims to stay hidden, making itself invisible so the victims can’t detect it. The constantly mutating PixPirate malware has taken that strategy to a new extreme. PixPirate is a sophisticated financial remote access trojan (RAT) malware that heavily utilizes anti-research techniques. This malware’s infection vector is based on two malicious apps: a […]

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