Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

Play ransomware group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack that hit Globalcaja, one of the major banks in Spain. Globalcaja is a financial institution in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, it has more than 300 offices across Spain and provides banking services to more than half a million clients.

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MARCH 25, 2022

Anonymous announced that the affiliate group Black Rabbit World has leaked 28 GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia. This week the Anonymous hacker collective claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Central Bank of Russia). Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 27, 2023

A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their public Salesforce Community websites, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Huntington Bank has disabled the leaky TCF Bank Salesforce website.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Security researchers from Cleafy discovered a new Android banking trojan, named SharkBot, that is targeting banks in Europe. At the end of October, researchers from cyber security firms Cleafy and ThreatFabric have discovered a new Android banking trojan named SharkBot. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2023

A Mexican threat actor that goes online with the moniker Neo_Net is behind an Android malware campaign targeting banks worldwide. The case was reported by security researcher Pol Thill. The threat actor also targeted banks in other regions, including Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole and ING. ” Thill explained.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Twitter account of NASA Director Parimal Kopardekar (@nasapk) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. The Twitter account of the NASA Director and Sr Technologist for Air Transporation Sytem Mr. Parimal Kopardekar ( @nasapk ) was hacked by the Powerful Greek Army group. NASA Director account hacked by PGA!

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

A new version of the ERMAC Android banking trojan is able to target an increased number of apps. The ERMAC Android banking trojan version 2.0 can target an increasing number of applications, passing from 378 to 467 target applications to steal account credentials and crypto-wallets. Interestingly, we observed that ERMAC 2.0

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Ukraine ‘s defense agencies and two state-owned banks were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank were hit by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. ” ????

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. Data leak affected QBANK, Defence Bank, Bloom Money, Admiral Money, MA Money, and Reed. London-based OCR Labs is a major provider of digital ID verification tools.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

Fintech platform Hatch Bank disclosed a data breach, hackers exploited a recently discovered zero-day in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT secure file-sharing platform. Hatch Bank is a fintech firm that provides services to other fintech companies. Hatch Bank then worked to identify contact information for the impacted individuals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2022

Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. The European Central Bank confirmed that its President, Christine Lagarde, was the target of a failed hacking attempt. ” reported the Associated Press. ” reported the Associated Press. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

MARCH 18, 2022

Experts spotted a new Unix rootkit, called Caketap, that was used to steal ATM banking data. Mandiant researchers discovered a new Unix rootkit named Caketap, which is used to steal ATM banking data, while investigating the activity of the LightBasin cybercrime group (aka UNC1945 ). ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Unauthorized use of customer information by Woori Bank, ‘crime act’ for customers. The bank changed 23,000 passwords in 2018 without consent. It is controversial that Woori Bank changed the p assword s of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. About the author: ???

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Experts warn that cybercriminals are targeting Indonesia’s major banks posing as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. To lure victims, cybercriminals pose as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. These fake account names also mimic official ones.

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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

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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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2022

SharkBot banking malware was able to evade Google Play Store security checks masqueraded as an antivirus app. SharkBot is a banking trojan that has been active since October 2021, it allows to steal banking account credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication mechanisms. sellsourcecode.supercleaner).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2022

Researchers from the Check Point Research (CPR) team discovered several malicious Android apps on the official Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions that were used to deliver the SharkBot banking Trojan. Sharkbot is an information stealer steals used by crooks to siphon credentials and banking information.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Firstmac Limited, one of the largest non-bank lenders in Australia, disclosed a data breach. “It is important to note that our systems are secure. Firstmac Limited disclosed a data breach after the new Embargo extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. ” continues the notice.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The source code of the infamous Cerberus banking Trojan has been released for free on underground hacking forums following a failed auction. . The author of the Cerberus banking Trojan has released the source code of the malware on underground hacking forums following a failed auction. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

barely and cannot afford to leave the camp, nor to operate his own bank account but only to survive miserably. “ Do you ensure that you do not run away with the money once it is received in your bank account? ”. “ In order to scan, attach and send the copies, I will have to go to a center very far from our camp .”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure in phishing messages.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The bank recently became aware of unauthorized access to one of its databases hosted by a third-party provider. ” reads the statement published by the bank. ” continues the statement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2022

While Twitter suspends some Anonymous accounts, the collective hacked All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). On Friday, Anonymous announced that the affiliate group Black Rabbit World has leaked 28 GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia. Our Anonymous brother @OpsAn0n got suspended by @Twitter.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our research team also found some bank logs for sale, info stealers were possibly used to steal these logs. Bank logs : These are sets of data containing sensitive information about a bank account. Bank logs : These are sets of data containing sensitive information about a bank account.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Russian hacker who created and used Neverquest banking malware has finally been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a US District Court. The Neverquest was used by cyber criminals to steal login credentials from banking customers, it leverages on injection mechanisms to provide users fake forms into legitimate banking websites.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Experts found a tainted app in the Google Play store that was downloaded by more than 10,000 users and that was delivering the Cerberus banking Trojan. The malware implements banking Trojan capabilities such as the use of overlay attacks, the ability to intercept SMS messages and access to the contact list. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. ” reported CBA. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

New data leak threatens the world of finance after the Panama Papers , hackers published 2TB of the Cayman National bank’s confidential data. The Cayman National has a branch on the Isle of Man that focuses in offshore banking. ” reported the website Unicorn Riot. Terabytes, it calls the leak Sherwood. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2021

The European Banking Authority (EBA) disclosed a cyberattack that resulted in the hack of its Microsoft Exchange email system. The European Banking Authority announced that it was the victim of a cyber attack against its email system that exploited recently disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2020

P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed. The Australian P&N Bank is notifying its customers a data breach that has exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account data. Received this notice 15mins ago.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

The threat was used in recent attacks aimed at JP Morgan, Citibank, Bank of America, Citizens, Capital One, Wells Fargo, and FirstMerit Bank. financial institutions and two banks in Canada and the Netherlands. financial institutions and two banks in Canada and the Netherlands;” reads the report published by F5 Labs. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2024

The threat actors focus on compromising accountants’ PCs (which are used to support financial activities, such as access to remote banking systems), stealing credentials, and making unauthorized fund transfers. CERT-UA believes that hackers may soon activate fraudulent schemes using remote banking systems.”

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

million from the German bank OLB by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. million from the German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. SecurityAffairs – OLB bank, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. accounts exposed appeared first on Security Affairs. A hacker has shared 3.2 This week, a threat actor shared a database containing 3.2 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested six individuals in the United Kingdom because they are accused to be involved in a cyber-heist of a Malta bank and money laundering operation. The individuals are accused to be involved in the attack against the Bank of Valletta that took place in February 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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