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A Brazilian threat actor known as Prilex has resurfaced after a year-long operational hiatus with an advanced and complex malware to steal money by means of fraudulent transactions. “The Prilex group has shown a high level of knowledge about credit and debit card transactions, and how software used for payment processing works,” Kaspersky researchers said. […]
A financially motivated threat actor has been observed deploying a previously unknown rootkit targeting Oracle Solaris systems with the goal of compromising Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) switching networks and carrying out unauthorized cash withdrawals at different banks using fraudulent cards. Threat intelligence and incident response firm Mandiant is tracking the cluster under the moniker UNC2891, […]
Cybersecurity services specialists report the detection of a hacking campaign operated by a group of cybercriminals specializing in attacks against banking institutions; the campaign was detected in four different locations on the Asian continent: Sri Lanka, India, Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh. This hacker group has been identified as “Silence”, has been active at least since 2016 […]
A Romanian citizen was sentenced to 65 months in prison for operating a payment card fraud scheme using an attack variant known as “skimming“. According to experts in IT systems audit, the defendant and his accomplices stole more than $850k USD, emptying the bank accounts of more than 500 people. Bogdan Viorel Rusu, 38 years […]
Website security services specialists report that Diebold Nixdorf, one of the world’s leading ATM manufacturers, will begin an awareness campaign for its customers aiming to implement protections for older Opteva ATM models, as they are exposed to a critical remote code execution vulnerability, disclosed in recent days. Experts, who are part of a research team […]
Customers of Standard Chartered Bank, Pakistan were recently left stunned after they received transaction alerts via email and SMS. They were informed about withdrawals of Rs.50, 000 ($500) cash from their bank accounts. What was shocking was the fact that no such action had been taken from their side. Some of the customers didn’t even […]