Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. This is not the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

You may have heard that today’s phone fraudsters like to use use caller ID spoofing services to make their scam calls seem more believable. “After we figured out what was going on, we were left asking ourselves how the crooks had obtained her last three transactions without breaking into her account online. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2025

The company disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ personal information, it added that the incident did not impact core network, billing system,s and financial services infrastructure. Our core network, billing systems and financial services infrastructure remain secure and fully operational.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At the time, cryptocurrency security firm Elliptic reported that this incident would be the eighth-largest crypto heist of all time, and the largest since the $477 million hack suffered by FTX, in November 2022. SBI VC Trade published a notice regarding the basic agreement on the transfer of accounts and assets held by DMM Bitcoin.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2024

BingoMod is a new Android malware that can wipe devices after stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts. Researchers at Cleafy discovered a new Android malware, called ‘BingoMod,’ that can wipe devices after successfully stealing money from the victims’ bank accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 7, 2020

Zoosk’s core service is delivered via a mobile app that has 20 different registration and/or login pages – all are API driven. Thus, it was well worth it for a hacking group to study Zoosk’s IT stack to reconnoiter its weak points. they then began to use the stolen credentials to launch automated account takeovers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The hack of the FTA server took place in March, but the hacker had access to the data of Morgan Stanley customers in May. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

The report includes recent findings on government-backed phishing, threats, and disinformation campaigns, as well as information about actions the tech giant has taken against accounts coordinated influence campaigns. . A first scaring trend reported by Google is the rising of hack-for-fire companies currently operating out of India.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2022

IoT and Machine Identity Management in Financial Services. How is IoT changing the financial sector? IoT has already positively impacted the financial sector and will only continue to in the future. IoT has also transformed the financial services sector in a variety of ways: Real-time data. brooke.crothers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Multiple threat actors purchased the kits developed by Nady and used them in widespread phishing campaigns to steal credentials of Microsoft customer accounts. Microsoft states that phishing heavily targets financial services, risking losses like life savings.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. It is believed this was the method used to recently hack Jack Dempsey’s Twitter account. .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

Microsoft warns of a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms ahead of Tax Day. Tax Day, Microsoft has observed a new Remcos RAT campaign targeting US accounting and tax return preparation firms. Ahead of the U.S. The phishing attacks began in February 2023, the IT giant reported. LNK) files.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 7, 2021

Credential stuffing is a type of advanced brute force hacking that leverages software automation to insert stolen usernames and passwords into web page forms, at scale, until the attacker gains access to a targeted account. Many attacks on gaming happen because of credential stuffing, which leads to direct ATO or Account Takeover.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

ZeroSevenGroup extracted a huge quantity of information from Toyota’s environments, including network information and credentials, “We have hacked a branch in United States to one of the biggest automotive manufacturer in the world (TOYOTA). Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is the finance arm of the Toyota Motor Corporation.

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Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

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Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Here's how to check if your accounts are at risk and what to do next. You should always use different and strong, complex passwords to secure your accounts (another area a password manager can help), and this is why: once one service is compromised, the same password and user combination could lead to an exposed account elsewhere. 

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

The credentials are sold for an average of $15.43, the most expensive pairs relate to banking and financial services accounts, with an average price of nearly $71. “Account accesses for antivirus programs garner the second-highest prices: around $21.67. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime marketplaces).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services. 1/4 @CreamFinance was exploited in (one hack tx: [link] ), leading to the gain of ~$18.8M SecurityAffairs – hacking, DeFi ). It promises earnings to users who are passively holding ETH or wBTC.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It may be the most complete picture we've ever had of North Korean hacking campaigns. The unsealed documents highlight a number of attack targets and motives in an effort to hack, digitally intrude, and defraud. The hacking indictment filed in the U.S. North Korean hacking methods and attack vectors. global targets.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2020

Related: Defending botnet-driven business logic hacks APIs made possible the astounding cloud, mobile and IoT services we have today. A great example of this, Keil points out, is the Open Financial Exchange ( OFX , ) the data-stream format that enables wire transfers to be carried out across the Internet.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The experts called it ‘prepositioning’ to analyze the response from financial organizations globally and the reaction of the market. LockBit specifically targeted ICBC Financial Services (ICBC FS), a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of the state-owned lender, which plays a critical role in the world of international finance.

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Webroot

APRIL 22, 2025

Chances are youve received at least one of these letters, which means you have been put at risk for identity theft and major financial losses. Data breaches occur when sensitive, protected, or confidential data is hacked or leaked from a company or organization. What are data breaches and how do they happen?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Related: Class-action lawsuits pile up in wake of NPD hack So what’s the connection? Rather, we should treat SSN as just another piece of personally identifiable information (PII) like an email address – confidential information but not a sensitive one that unlocks your bank accounts. NPD reported the exposure of over 2.7

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

Related: How credential stuffing fuels account takeovers. In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. The summer of 2019 was a heady time for the financial services industry.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2021

Threat actors carried out brute-force and password spraying attacks in an attempt to gain access to Microsoft customer accounts. The hackers also targeted non-governmental organizations and think tanks, as well as financial services. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nobelium). In all, 36 countries were targeted.”

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

City of Philadelphia: Municipalities are favorite targets of hackers looking to take down systems and make it tough on cities and the people they serve through a myriad of services and programs. Also, on August 22, 2023, we became aware that the at-issue email accounts include email accounts that may contain protected health information."

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Resecurity’s HUNTER (HUMINT) unit spotted the BianLian , White Rabbit , and Mario ransomware gangs collaborating in a joint extortion campaign targeting publicly-traded financial services firms. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The trojan allows to hijack users’ mobile devices and steal funds from online banking and cryptocurrency accounts. Once the banking Trojan is installed on the victim’s device, threat actors can steal sensitive banking information through the abuse of Accessibility Services (i.e. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SharkBot).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2018

The arrest is the third known law enforcement action this month targeting “SIM swappers,” individuals who specialize in stealing wireless phone numbers and hijacking online financial and social media accounts tied to those numbers. Tarazi analyzed the AT&T location data pertaining to that account takeover.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Many financial institutions offer free transaction alerts that notify you when charges hit your account.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services. Other blockchain security firms immediately shared the news of the attack: BREAKING: Ethereum DeFi protocol @CreamdotFinance hacked for more than $130 million. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cream Finance).

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). New York State Department of Financial Services, Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (23 NYCRR 500). New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. North American Electric Reliability Corp.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Today, however, I came across something a bit different by way of a story from last week titled 3,000 Databases with 200 Million Unique accounts found on Dark Web. After some number of single-digit number of minutes looking for it, someone pointed me to a well-known hacking forum with a post from 4 days before the story mentioned above.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The majority of intercepted credentials by Agent Tesla related to financial services, online-retailers, e-government systems and personal and business e-mail accounts. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). In some cases, we saw obvious patterns of cybercriminals. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm disclosed a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July. The American group of insurance and financial services companies State Farm revealed that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack it has suffered in July.

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