Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

Security researchers from Cleafy reported that the SOVA Android banking malware is back and is rapidly evolving. The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. targets over 200 banking and cryptocurrency exchange apps.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES divya Tue, 02/28/2023 - 06:31 CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES an evolution of money and payments CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currency, is a trending topic in the financial industry. CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY OR CBDC IS A DIGITAL MONEY, AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF NOTES AND COINS.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

ERMAC is a new Android banking Trojan that can steal financial data from 378 banking and wallet apps. Researchers from Threatfabric found in July a new Android banking trojan dubbed ERMAC that is almost fully based on the popular banking trojan Cerberus. SecurityAffairs – hacking, banking trojan). 3k$ per month.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Researchers have discovered and analyzed a new Android banking Trojan that allows attackers to steal sensitive banking information such as user credentials, personal information, current balance, and even to perform gestures on the infected device. All the communication between the malware and C2 are encrypted and encoded with Base64.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Ransomware is creating additional work for a major Spanish bank. The bank released a statement on June 2, which reads as follows: COMUNICADO OFICIAL En el día de ayer, registramos un ciberincidente, consistente en un ataque informático a algunos equipos locales a través de un virus tipo #ransomware.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

Experts warn of an emerging Android banking trojan dubbed Nexus that was employed in attacks against 450 financial applications. Cybersecurity firm experts from Cleafy warn of an emerging Android banking trojan, named Nexus, that was employed by multiple groups in attacks against 450 financial applications.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to remain closed since September 7. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. We also have evidence that a threat actor exfiltrated an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups.” ” reads an update provided by the company. .”

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SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world. Attempts have now been made to steal credentials from customers of 70 banks from different European and South American countries. The codenames are bank names written in leetspeak. ” ).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 21, 2023

Why Sucessful Central Bank Digital Currencies require Partnership enagement madhav Thu, 06/22/2023 - 06:23 In Part 1 of this blog series we explored what CBDC, or Central Bank Digital Currencies are, and why they are important. However, the bank absolutely needs to know who’s paying in an amount of this size.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

Godfather malware includes banking trojans used by different threat actors to target Android mobile devices. In fact, malicious actors gain access to their financial accounts. Figure 10 – Example of C2 URLs stored as encrypted format to increase anti malware evasion. Initial variants were reported beginning of March 2021. (1)

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. “If you have my seed phrase, you can copy and paste that into your wallet, and then you can see all my accounts. . But on Nov.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

Not long after joining Citi, Dant heard from industry colleagues at a bank in Mexico who reported finding one of these shimming devices inside the card acceptance slot of a local ATM. But these skimmers took advantage of weaknesses in the way many banks at the time implemented the new chip card standard. “MasterCard in the U.K.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 5, 2023

From social media platforms to online shopping and banking, we share a wealth of personal information that can be vulnerable to misuse or exploitation. Use Strong and Unique Passwords : One of the most basic yet critical steps is to create strong, unique passwords for your online accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Some info stealers may use encryption techniques to hide their communication with command-and-control servers, making it more challenging for security systems to detect malicious activities. Our research team also found some bank logs for sale, info stealers were possibly used to steal these logs.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Think about your bank account, it is very important for you to know that when you deposit a check into your account the right amount is deposited. It is also important to the bank to make sure that the amount is correct as well, so integrity is key. still available for you to use.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. Image: Shutterstock.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

The FBI said unlimited operations compromise a financial institution or payment card processor with malware to access bank customer card information and exploit network access, enabling large scale theft of funds from ATMs. “At a pre-determined time, the co-conspirators withdraw account funds from ATMs using these cards.”

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. The hacker used that access to send tweets from a variety of popular and trusted accounts, including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk, as part of a mundane scam -- stealing bitcoin -- but it's easy to envision more nefarious scenarios.

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WIRED Threat Level

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Telegram hacks in Russia, Senate encryption hearings, and more in the week’s top security news.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2020

Digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7 million user records on a crime forum. The popular digital banking app Dave.com discloses a security breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters leaked 7,516,625 user records on a crime forum. ” continues Cyble.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

As most of the high street banks are showing a blind eye while providing online security to their customers, consumer watchdog ‘Which?’ researchers claim that the issue deteriorated after the corona pandemic instigated lockdown as most of the consumers went online, instead of visiting banks for services on a physical note.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Authenticating a user based on their geographical location is called the science of quantum encryption and will help banking customers when a representative from the bank calls them to help change their account on a respective note.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

In this post we provide some history, analysis and observations on this most pernicious family of banking malware targeting Oceania, the UK, Germany and Italy. Banking malware targeting mainly Europe & Oceania. Our Research and Intelligence Fusion Team have been tracking the Gozi variant RM3 for close to 30 months.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Scammers who use “phishing” emails (it looks like it’s from a brand you know, but it’s not) will include a link to a fake website where they’ll ask for your banking or other personal information. Keep a close eye on your accounts. If you’re using the same password across a number of accounts, you are more vulnerable to cyber criminals.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Infamous cyber opsattributed to Russia-backed hackers fall into a pattern that’s worth noting: • C yber a ttack s on Estonia (2007) Websites of Estonian banks, media outlets and government bodies get knocked down in a dispute over a Soviet-era war memorial. • The wider context is all too easy to overlook.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At issue is the Zoom Personal Meeting ID (PMI), which is a permanent identification number linked to your Zoom account and serves as your personal meeting room available around the clock. The PMI portion forms part of each new meeting URL created by that account, such as: zoom.us/j/5551112222

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Malwarebytes

MAY 22, 2024

As any regularly updated repository of device activity poses an enormous security threat—imagine hackers getting access to a Recall database and looking for, say, Social Security Numbers, bank account info, and addresses—Microsoft has said that all Recall screenshots are encrypted and stored locally on a device.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. Experts observed the ransomware also installing the dreaded Azorult password-stealing Trojan on victim’s machine to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, documents and more.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Encryption, data sovereignty, multifactor authentication and website cookies are all vital ideas and technologies to keep consumers’ personal data safe – but research released this month reveals widespread confusion. Encryption What is encryption? It's about ensuring your data is handled responsibly and securely.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Russian police have detained the organizers of a criminal group that focused on reissuing SIM cards and stealing money from Russian banking customers. Many of these offences were related to gaining access to online banking services and stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Most victims must buy Bitcoin on entirely unregulated and free-wheeling exchanges that can also be hacked, leaving buyers’ bank account information stored on these exchanges vulnerable. The arguments for rendering a ransomware payment include: Payment is the least costly option; Payment is in the best interest of stakeholders (e.g.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 11, 2023

A VPN wraps your network traffic (including web browsing, email, and other things) in a protective tunnel and makes up for any weaknesses in their encryption.” Most websites have switched to HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure), which means that any traffic to and from the website you are trying to access is encrypted.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine L agarde, is warning that a cyber-attack on a major financial institution could trigger a liquidity crisis. The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has warned that a coordinated cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Jogodka said although this pump’s PIN pad is encrypted, the hidden camera sidesteps that security feature. “The PIN pad is encrypted, so this is a NEW way to capture the PIN,” Jogodka wrote in a message to a mailing list about skimming devices found on Arizona fuel pumps.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords. Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more.

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