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A mobile malware has accelerated its activity in 2018, launching more than 70k attacks in August through October. Mobile malware, dubbed Rotexy, has evolved from being spyware to now a dangerous banking trojan packing a host of new clever features. Read More …
The advanced persistent threat group Lazarus with North Korean links has been observed using a modular backdoor during last week to compromise a series of Latin American financial institutions by Trend Micro’s Lenart Bermejo and Joelson Soares. As unearthed by Read More …
Banks in Russia today were the target of a massive phishing campaign that aimed to deliver a tool used by the Silence group of hackers. The group is believed to have a background in legitimate infosec activities and access to documentation specific to Read More …
According to PakCERT’s Qazi Misbah, 22 banks in the country were subject to a catastrophic cyber attack on October 27th of this year. 19,864 accounts with client banking data were hit, with some victims saying that funds were stolen. Amongst the Read More …
The new variant can exfiltrate emails for a period going back 180 days, en masse. A large-scale spam campaign has launched, spreading the Emotet banking trojan. Worryingly, the offensive has launched about a week after a fresh module for mass Read More …
In a shocking revelation, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing has said data from “almost all” Pakistani banks was stolen in a recent security breach. “According to a recent report we have received, data from almost Read More …
Banking giant HSBC disclosed on Monday a security incident that impacted an undisclosed number of the institution’s customers. “HSBC became aware of online accounts being accessed by unauthorized users between October 4, 2018 and October 14, 2018,” the bank wrote Read More …
Technology company Microsoft has routinely shared the financial details of Indian bank customers with intelligence agencies in the United States, DNA reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the Reserve Bank of India flagged its concerns on the matter in a risk Read More …
In July 2018, US-CERT raised an alert regarding the Emotet banking trojan, which is also being used to distribute a secondary malware known as “Trickbot”. This alert provided recommendations on how businesses can mitigate their exposure to the Trojan. Unfortunately, it Read More …
The US-CERT has released a joint technical alert from the DHS, the FBI, and Treasury warning about a new ATM scheme being used by the prolific North Korean APT hacking group known as Hidden Cobra. Hidden Cobra, also known as Lazarus Read More …
