Category Archives: HSBC

Fake HSBC payment details delivers Agent Tesla

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A compromised site we saw yesterday delivering Hawkeye keylogger /Infostealer is being used today in an Agent Tesla campaign. I am not 100% positive it is the same bad actors involved but the distribution method, Sites and hosting companies  involved i… Continue reading Fake HSBC payment details delivers Agent Tesla→

HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data

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By Uzair Amir
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have accessed personal and financial data of its customers. The data breach, according to the notification from HSBC, took between Oc… Continue reading HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data→

HSBC discloses breach of U.S. bank accounts

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HSBC disclosed a security incident earlier this week, saying that a small number of U.S.-based bank accounts were breached. In a letter template sent to the California Attorney General’s office, the bank said it became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between Oct. 4 and Oct. 14. The bank started notifying affected customers on Tuesday. Once the company was made aware of the unauthorized activity, it suspended online account access. “HSBC regrets this incident, and we take our responsibility for protecting our customers very seriously,” a spokesperson for the bank said. “We responded to this incident by fortifying our log-on and authentication processes, and implemented additional layers of security for digital and mobile access to all personal and business banking accounts. We have notified those customers whose accounts may have experienced unauthorized access, and are offering them one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection service.” The company says the attackers accessed […]

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Europe’s largest bank just got hacked

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HSBC Bank, the seventh-largest banking and financial services organizations in the world and the largest in Europe, has been breached by hackers. The bank is now sending letters to an undisclosed number of customers notifying them that hackers have the… Continue reading Europe’s largest bank just got hacked→

Fake HSBC “Are all above transactions recognisable to you” delivers malware

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I haven’t seen Dridex banking trojan hitting the UK in absolutely ages. In fact I can’t remember when I last saw one. This is detected as Dridex by some VirusTotal detections but online sandbox analysis aren’t showing typical Dridex S… Continue reading Fake HSBC “Are all above transactions recognisable to you” delivers malware→

Trickbot via Fake HSBC “Incoming high value CHAPS payments” emails

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This example is an email containing the subject of “Incoming high value CHAPS payments” pretending to come from HSBC but actually coming from “Olivia.Brown@hsbcemail.net” which is a look-a-like,  typo-squatted or other domain th… Continue reading Trickbot via Fake HSBC “Incoming high value CHAPS payments” emails→

Trickbot delivered via Fake HSBC Payment Advice using activeX controls in word macros

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Another pretty lame email from the Trickbot gang again today. Some days I really don’t understand this gang of criminals. They go to the bother of registering various look a like domains to send the emails from, so they might stand a better chanc… Continue reading Trickbot delivered via Fake HSBC Payment Advice using activeX controls in word macros→