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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 […]
A New Malware campaign dubbed HaoBao distributing by North Korean Hacking Group “Lazarus” that specifically targets cryptocurrency and financial organizations via sophisticated cyber Attack. North Korean hacking group Lazarus actively spreading a huge number of spearphishing Emails and targeting many individuals in Beginning of 2017. Last year this campaign was heavily targeted military program insight or steal […]
MoneyTaker hackers, A group of Russian hackers, has been laying waste to banks internationally and locally. In the past 18 months, this group has stolen a total of $10 million from America and Russia combined and $81 from Bangladesh. This group is a large one and their recent heists happened when they hacked into 20 […]
More than one hundred banks and monetary establishments internationally have been inflamed with a dangerous state-of-the-art, reminiscence-based malware this is nearly undetectable, researchers warned. Newly posted document by way of the Russian safety company Kaspersky Lab indicates that hackers are concentrated on banks, telecommunication companies, and government businesses in 40 countries, together with america, South […]
Researchers with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team Discovered the Fileless Memory-Based Malware Attacks Against More than 140 enterprises–primarily banks, government organizations, and telecommunications firms in 40 countries, including the U.S., France, and Ecuador–have been affected. The attackers, who may be connected to the GCMAN and Carbanak groups, aren’t using signature-based malware to carry […]
Anonymous shut down the bank of Greece website in a powerful DDoS attack — Vows to target more banks against financial corruption. The online hacktivist Anonymous recently relaunched operation OpIcarus directed towards banking sector in Europe and the United States — The first bank coming under the fire is the Bank of Greece who had their website […]
The HSBC UK’s banking servers were under powerful DDoS attack — Bank claims it defended its system against the attacks The online banking system of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) the UK was hit by a series of DDoS attacks Friday morning, affecting the servers on one of the most important days that is the payday. […]
A hacking group (Armada Collective) which was previously held responsible for launching DDoS attacks on ProtonMail is back and this time targeting Greek banks and using the old DDoS-for-Bitcoin extortion scheme. In the ProtonMail case, the company paid ransom to the group but Greek banks contacted law enforcement authorities instead. The attacks started on 26th […]
The global security company ProofPoint has identified a suspicious malware on its radar capable of stealing money from an ATM faster than the majority of bank robbers. As per their research, the malware robs ATMs in real-time and known as GreenDispenser. It gets activated via a boot-enabled CD-ROM drive. Once activated, the malware searches for […]
So long Password1234 or surname1, there is a new, more readily memorable password system on our doorstep — That is what Intelligent Environments are implying with their new innovation, Emoji Passcode. The British financial services technology firm has created a revolutionary new mobile app that will allow users to create emoji-based passwords, that may be […]
On 25th April, 2015, Indonesian hackers going with the group handle of Gantengers Crew hacked and defaced the Online Resources domain of US based Financial Services Company MasterCard. Hackers left a deface page along with a note on the website, but the reason for targeting MasterCard website wasn’t mentioned anywhere. It’s not clear if the hackers had access to user’ […]
A fake email from American Express warns users of an ‘Unusual Activity’ on their account – The email asks users to click the link in the email body, put their information so their account can be secured from hackers.. but actually, the email is fake and website in the email body is a phishing link. Suspicious activity […]
A Saudi based “oppressed defenders” hacking group has taken down the online banking domain of Arab National Bank, early Monday. The cyber attack on ANB bank is part of the ongoing Operation Saudi in which hacker had vowed to attack Saudi based financial institutions until the end of human rights violations in the kingdom. In an exclusive conversation with […]
On Wednesday 17th Feb, 2015, a group of hacktivists calling themselves “The oppressed defenders” conducted a cyber attack on Saudi Arabian based bank AlJazira in shape of a Distributed denial of service attack (DD0S). As a result the online banking and e-service domains of bank AlJazira were forced to go offline for more than thirty minutes. One of the hacker told HackRead […]
In an isolated incident in late 2013, an ATM at Kiev started dispensing cash randomly without any human interaction; much to the surprise and pleasure of customers present there swiftly collected the cash. An investigation by Kaspersky Lab, a Russian cybersecurity firm, confirmed that it was not the bank’s problem; rather the bank’s internal computers […]
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 […]
NSA involved in abusive surveillance and offensive cyber attacks, manipulating bank balances to achieve targets. Until now we only knew one side of the story but now it is time to expose the other side. A general perception that National Security Agency (NSA) spies on just about everyone in the world may need to be revisited. According […]