Currently, users mostly from in Eastern Europe & Russia are being targeted by this botnet. Recently, researchers from the Czech Technical University, UNCOYO University based in Argentina and Avast Security have found an Android botnet named Geost by collaborating in on the investigations and have presented it at the Virus Bulletin 2019 conference held in […]
Banking is readily recognized as one of the main sectors undergoing significant transformation with the advent of AI (Artificial Intelligence). With deep pockets, the industry has the resources to put serious money into machine learning in every area from stock trading to customer service to mobile banking. Dispelling fear But there’s a real issue when […]
An investigation by a group of information security experts from the firm vpnMentor discovered a massive data breach that has affected more than 20 million citizens of Ecuador; it appears that the exposure of this information has occurred due to a database with poor security measures. The researchers, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, […]
Nepalese authorities managed to disrupt a complex hacking operation against some banking networks and ATMs in the country. According to experts in vulnerability testing, Zhu Lianang, a Chinese citizen who was caught trying to withdraw thousands of Nepalese rupees from an ATM using cloned debit cards, was arrested this weekend. After interrogating the arrested, a […]
The malware campaign was discovered by Dr. Web detailing how hackers have been using Bolik banking trojan against unsuspected users. If there’s one reason for the distrust that consumers had in online marketplaces in the old days, it was because of “getting not what you see.” Although Amazon has chimed in to fill in that […]
After a few popular Android Trojans like Anubis, Red Alert 2.0, GM bot, and Exobot, quit their malware-as-a-service businesses, a new player has emerged on the Internet with similar capabilities to fill the gap, offering Android bot rental service to the masses. Dubbed “Cerberus,” the new remote access Trojan allows remote attackers to take total control over the infected […]
Creators behind malicious malware are evolving and coming up with new techniques to make it almost impossible for a normal user to spot them. A new banking trojan named BianLian, which was previously used as a dropper for spreading notorious banking malware like Anubis is affecting Android users all over the world. Researchers from Fortinet […]
BianLian malware was first detected in October 2018; the malware aims in stealing OTP authentication codes, check balances, inject push notifications, and also capable of locking device and ask users to pay the ransomware. The updated version of the malware contains a Screencast Module to records the screens of the infected device and Socks5 module […]
As mobile banking and online banking services grow, the threat actors’ interest in exploiting these platforms is also spreading. According to experts in data protection services, hackers have recently tried to develop banking malware capable of exploiting security vulnerabilities in the implementation of these services, increasingly widespread. We will then review some measures that can […]
Kaspersky Lab, the research arm of Kaspersky, an antivirus vendor has revealed that the first quarter of 2019 saw the double growth of banking trojan cases globally compared to the last quarter of 2018. Cybercriminals have switched their focus on banking trojan after the shutdown of the very popular Coinhive cryptojacking service last March 2019. […]
An international law enforcement operation has led to the dismantling of the global cybercrime networkcybercrime network that used the GozNym banking malware to steal money from bank accounts across the world. TechCrunch reports, “Europol and the U.S. Justice Department, with help from six other countries, have disrupted and dismantled the GozNym malware, which they say […]
International law enforcement operation brings down a globally operated and well-organized cybercrime network behind GozNym banking malware responsible for stealing $100 million from more than 41,000 victims. The GozNym banking malware primarily targeted financial institutions; it includes a banking trojan and trojan downloader, which also has the function of ransomware. GozNym distributed through phishing emails, […]
Researchers discovered a new wave of sophisticated banking malware called Retefe that targeting Windows and Mac users financial data by routing the online banking traffic via proxy. Retefe malware initially appeared in 2018, since then it targets victims who reside in various countries including Swiss and German especially in April 2019. Unlike some of the […]
The IT security researchers at Netskope Threat Research Labs have discovered a new malware hosted on the Google Sites, a dedicated platform offered by Google for developing websites. Dubbed LoadPCBanker by researchers; the malware is actually an executable that is hidden inside a PDF file titled “PDF Reservations Details MANOEL CARVALHO hospedagem familiar detalhes PDF.exe.” […]
WannaCry hero, Marcus Hutchins, pleads guilty for writing banking malware UPAS Kit and Kronos, prior to years he started his career as malware analyst. He is known for registering the killswitch domain in 2017 which halted the WannaCry ransomware infection process. According to the court documents obtained by ZDNet, he pleaded guilty to two counts, […]
MalwareTech is now facing 10 years in prison. In 2017, Marcus Hutchin who goes by the Twitter handle of MalwareTech halted the infamous WannaCry ransomware after registering its killswitch domain. As a result, Hutchin was hailed as WannaCry hero but in August the same year, MalwareTech was arrested by the FBI at Las Vegas airport when […]
The immensely popular VSDC multimedia editing software has reportedly been hacked and used to spread banking trojan. Reports say that users who have downloaded the VSDC editing software, which is one of the most popular, free video editing and converting app, between February to late March this year could probably get infected with a banking […]
If you have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between late February to late March this year, there are high chances that your computer has been infected with a banking trojan and an information stealer. The official website of the VSDC software — one of the most popular, free video editing and converting app with […]
BasBanke is a new variant of malware for Android mainly directed to users of this operating system in Brazil. According to the authors of ‘Learn ethical hacking‘, it is a banking Trojan that steals sensitive financial data, such as card numbers, card type, etc. According to the authors of ‘Learn ethical hacking’, the propagation of […]
Gustuff a fully automated baking malware that abuses the accessibility Service to steal login credentials from 100+ global bank accounts and robs users of 32 cryptocurrency apps. The Accessibility Services in Android devices is to assist users with disabilities in using Android devices and apps. Gustuff malware script contains fake pages targeting users of Android […]
Hackers continue to employ new techniques to evade detection from antivirus and other security products. This time they started using previously reported and widely used BOM technique. Previously Russian hacker groups used this technique to modify the hosts file on Windows systems. The Byte Order Mark additional helps the threat actor groups to stay under […]