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A BBC Click reporter, Dan Simmons, reported that his non-identical twin brother was able to access his bank account through the newly developed voice-recognition verification system launched recently by the HSBC bank. How does the voice recognition ID system work? Most of you may have heard of the voice recognition system before. It was also […]
A recent report revealed that a bank in Germany, had its bank accounts hacked with the hacker having taken out funds from the victims’ accounts. It was revealed that the hackers had exploited a vulnerability that has long persisted in the global mobile signaling system. What was stolen? According to a German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, O2 […]
A Russian hacker arrested in 2014 has been handed the longest-ever prison time in the history of U.S for a crime of this nature. He is now facing a 27 Year jail time for his cyber-shenanigans. Roman Seleznev aka Track2, the 32-year-old hacker was accused of hacking point-of-sale computers and according to several media outlets, […]
A new Malware has been spotted in the wild targeting Google Play Store apps. The malware has been dubbed as “BankBot” by security researchers rand was first spotted in April 2008. So far at least 400 Google Play Store apps have been compromised. The origin of BankBot: According to the security experts at Securify, the malware seems to […]
Last year, Bangladesh’s Central Banks suffered a big blow when hackers apparently operating from North Korea managed to steal $81 million. Now, the cyber security firm Kaspersky has claimed that the attackers were most probably from the notorious Lazarus group and that banks in as many as 18 countries have become victims of this group’s […]
Bangkok police have detained an east European man Oleksandr Krachkovskyi who was carrying fake credit cards and the department is citing it as a great victory since they have managed to thwart a bank ATM oriented malware attack. Suspect under Thai police custody / Image Source: Bangkok Post. The 31-year-old Ukrainian passport holder Krachkovskyi was […]
Cyber-security researchers at Securify, a Dutch security firm, have been evaluating the Marcher Android banking Trojan for the past six months. They have come to the conclusion that Marcher has been there since 2013 and its attacking tactics have been evolving since then. Until now, the Trojan has managed to infect thousands of Android devices […]
According to Irina Wolf, the Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson, Russian Security Services officials have arrested nine hackers who are alleged to be members of a high-profile cybercrime group called Lurk. The state media news platform Tass reported that reason for their arrest is that the group has been stealing money from Russian banks since 2013 […]
The Miami Beach City Hall’s Sun Trust Bank is in the news for all the wrong reasons. According to reports, malicious cyber-criminals were stealing cash from the bank since the summer of 2016 and the theft remained unnoticed until now. Too late now since the bank has already lost $3.6million. It is being speculated that […]
Saudi officials are blaming Iranian government for conducting a sophisticated malware attack on computer networks across Saudi Arabia over the past two weeks causing damages to Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the country’s central bank. Also Read: Iran’s Key Petrochemical Complexes Attacked by Malicious Malware The investigations are currently underway to discover further details about the intensity […]
A couple of weeks ago it was reported that some top Russian banks suffered a series of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Now, hackers are upping their game every passing day and this time they have chosen to steal money from bank accounts that are kept at the Russia. Reportedly, hackers have managed to […]
The infamous Ask Toolbar is back in the news again. In the past, it received backlash from security firms for pushing third-party offers to users and making them download software without their consent or knowledge. It is a well-known fact that Ask toolbar has been categorized by security software vendors like Microsoft as a Potentially […]
Banking Trojans usually look for and exploit unidentified or overlooked vulnerabilities in web browsers. That’s because web browsers let these trojans infect a larger number of devices by expanding their exposure across the globe. The same has happened in this particular case where an Android banking Trojan codenamed as Svpeng used Chrome browser’s vulnerability to […]
Russian banks suffered Powerful DDoS Attacks — Good news is that attacks were successfully mitigated. On Tuesday afternoon, around five mainstream banks in Russia were targeted with two-days-long series of continuous DDoS attacks launched through a wide-scale botnet that involved 24,000 computer systems from 30 different countries. However, the banks managed to prevent the online client services […]
Tesco is UK’s one of the largest multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer. They also have a presence in the banking sector. Last Thursday, Tesco bank suffered a security breach in which around 9,000 of its customers had their accounts compromised and later frozen by the bank itself to avoid further damage. ALSO READ: “NO MORE […]
Some 3.2 million debit cards issued by India’s biggest banks may be exposed to a malware-induced security breakdown, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Oct. 20. Most of these cards belong to State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank, Yes Bank and ICICI Bank. Recently various State Bank of India’s debit card holders got surprised […]
Forget ATM malware, criminals are using explosive to crack ATM machines and steal thousands of Euros in Europian countries. It is definitely startling to know that crooks have become so desperate that they have returned to old-school tactics for raking in large sums of money. Reportedly, around 492 ATMs all across Europe have been attacked […]
The DarkOverlord hackers who were previously active on the darknet marketplaces have now hacked WestPark Capital investment bank and demanded ransom or else data will be leaked. Recently, a Californian investment bank, WestPark Capital came under a threat when it realized that a group of hackers has infiltrated their database. The hackers go by the name […]
Anonymous vows to carry on cyber attacks on Deutsche Bank against the arrest of one of its supporters. The online hacktivist Anonymous alongside with an Anarchist group hacked and defaced the official website of Deutsche Immobilien-Leasing Ltd (Dil.de | German Real Estate Leasing) and leaked a trove of data from its server. The targeted estate leasing site […]
Hackers who stole $350,000 from Bangkok’s Government Savings Bank ATMs have Fled the Country A couple of months ago cyber criminals stole 1.44 billion Yen ($13 million) from 1,400 ATMs in 2½ hours in Japan and fled the country. Now, Bangkok has received another row of hack attacks. In the latest hacking spree, hackers have […]
Google AdSense targeted by Malware mimicking as Login Pages of Popular Websites and Apps Keystroke logging malware has become the most dangerous threat for security firms and users alike. It is a malware that has the ability to sneak into a system and steal usernames and passwords. Previously this threat was limited to laptops and […]