Daniel Miessler

MARCH 10, 2022

People are starting to get the fact that texts (SMS) are a weak form of multi-factor authentication (MFA). In that post we talked about 8 levels of password security, starting from using shared and weak passwords and going all the way up to passwordless. It completely changes how authentication is done.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers from Proofpoint have found that cyber crooks are easily see foxing users of Multifactor Authentication (MFA) these days by buying phishing kits that have the ability to bypass MFA. After reading the article, you might get a feeling on how to proceed with Multi-factor Authentication and keep your online activity safe.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Banks are taking revolutionary approaches to digitize and streamline the customer experience - but these measures could come with a cost without strategic cybersecurity measures. The world is changing, and the banking industry is evolving too. The Industry Digital banking is transforming the way people access and manage their finances.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With access to your personal information, bad actors can drain your bank account and damage your credit—or worse. Check out the nine tips below to discover how you can enable family protection and help prevent identity theft and credit and bank fraud. But it’s just as important you don’t use the same password for multiple accounts.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. Financially motivated cybercrime, using malware and phishing , is growing at a rapid pace. It would be best if you considered changing your password to a new unique password every six months. 3.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

A significant share of scam, phishing and malware attacks is about money. Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets. million in 2022.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

Godfather malware includes banking trojans used by different threat actors to target Android mobile devices. 1) One primary design of Godfather malware is to harvest login credentials for various financial applications, including cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. Initial variants were reported beginning of March 2021. (1)

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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. ” Type and source of the infection. ” Type and source of the infection.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2018

Bank patrons in their 20s and 30s, who grew up blanketed with digital screens, have little interest in visiting a brick-and-mortar branch, nor interacting with a flesh-and-blood teller. This truism is pushing banks into unchartered territory. So banks are all in. LaSalla: Back in the day it was hardware tokens for banks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once obtained the SIM cards, they were able to bypass SMS-based 2FA used to access bank accounts and steal the money.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Cleafy, a cybersecurity firm specializing in online fraud, has published new details about banking Trojan BRATA (Brazilian Remote Access Tool, Android), a known malware strain that first became widespread in 2019. But how does such dangerous malware end up on victims’ devices? Out with the old. How BRATA is spread.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Underground services are cropping up that are designed to enable bad actors to intercept one-time passwords (OTPs), which are widely used in two-factor authentication programs whose purpose is to better protect customers’ online accounts. By using the services, cybercriminals can gain access to victims’ accounts to steal money.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 23, 2023

Army's Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is urging military personnel to be on the lookout for unsolicited, suspicious smartwatches in the mail, warning that the devices could be rigged with malware. You're compromising your personal and/or professional data with malware." Worst case?

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 19, 2020

Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. When the two of them sat down to reset his password, the screen displayed a notice saying there was a new Gmail address tied to his Xbox account.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The American Bankers Association and other banks in the US are involved in an awareness campaign tied in with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s called “Banks never ask that," and this is a good place to focus a campaign given the number of times we do indeed say that “banks will never ask you this.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2022

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were distributing Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. ” reads the analysis published by Zscaler.

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

The Python malware is a modified version of an open-source token logger called Volt Stealer. The JavaScript malware we dubbed “Lofy Stealer” was created to infect Discord client files in order to monitor the victim’s actions. Collected information is also uploaded to the remote endpoint whose address is hard-coded.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2022

Threat actors used multiple npm packages to target Discord users with malware designed to steal their payment card data. A malicious campaign targeting Discord users leverages multiple npm packages to deliver malware that steals their payment card information, Kaspersky researchers warn. life.polarlabs.repl[.]co, 2022-03-04 05:29:58.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication. Much has been done with connectivity and authentication. Zero trust, put simply, means eliminating implicit trust. But that needs to change, he says.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2024

In reality the link runs a script to install Mac malware on the target’s machine. “AppleScript has been used against Mac users with moderate frequency by malware creators over the years. ” A script that attempts to run a command with administrator privileges will ask users to authenticate, triggering a password dialog.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

A new study from Uptycs has uncovered an increase in the distribution of information stealing malware. Newly discovered stealer families include modules that specifically steal logs from MFA applications, like the Rhadamanthys malware. This demonstrates a focus on collecting data from multi-factor authentication tools.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Security researchers have discovered banking Trojan apps on the Google Play Store, and say they have been downloaded by more than 300,000 Android users. As you may know, banking Trojans are kitted for stealing banking data like your username and password, and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes that you use to login to your bank account.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Cybernews research team discovered that Strendus, a Mexican-licensed online casino, had left public access to 85GB of its authentication logs, with hundreds of thousands of entries containing private gamblers’ data. The data was likely compromised by unauthorized actors. Amount of leaked data.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

billion people by using malware. For example, attackers may hope people won’t notice purchase confirmations or password change requests when intermingled with an enormous amount of spam. Check Your Bank Account. If someone suspects they’re a target of email bombing, they should check their bank account immediately.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

On Christmas Eve, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit spotted the author of perspective password stealer Meduza has released a new version (2.2). Altogether, Meduza makes a great competitor to Azorult , Redline , Racoon , and Vidar Stealer used by cybercriminals for account takeover (ATO), online-banking theft, and financial fraud.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Houston Chronicle reports that law enforcement seized $800,000 from a bank account used for pillaging funds from a construction management company. As per the civil complaint , phishing attacks and / or malware were allegedly used to break into the business. to the Prosperity Bank Account. In this case it was compromise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2023

Nope, says a renowned international bank from UK. Instead, the ransom pay can be covered from a cyber insurance policy, provided it is taken prior to the launch of the attack and covers the costs associated with the malware attack. They can provide guidance on how to proceed and may be able to assist in the investigation.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. bank accounts. This post is an attempt to remedy that omission.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 15, 2020

Department of Justice alert: rogue banking apps and trojans. If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that a trip to the bank is one of the least exciting errands of all time. The coronavirus made visiting the bank impossible for a time, and now reliance on banking apps has soared.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 15, 2023

According to Shadow, no passwords or sensitive banking data have been compromised. The attack began on the Discord platform after the employee downloaded malware he believed to be a game on the Steam platform. Change your password. You can make a stolen password useless to thieves by changing it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 2, 2023

They may also use malware or viruses to gain access to computers or networks to steal data or demand ransom payments. Some cyber swindlers use sophisticated techniques to deceive their targets, such as creating fake websites or emails that look like legitimate businesses or organizations to obtain personal or financial information.

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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. In both cases, the attackers managed to phish someone working at the Blacksburg, Virginia-based small bank.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Malware software can be used to access sensitive data on your device or computer network. Use a Strong Password Use these methods to create stronger passwords that protect your online accounts: Create longer passwords that are tougher to crack with numbers and special characters. Online scams.

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SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

Grandoreiro is a banking Trojan malware family that initially started its operations in Brazil. Similarly to two other malware families, Melcoz and Javali, Grandoreiro first expanded operations to other Latin American countries and then to Western Europe. It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module.

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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. No matter your payment of choice, check bank and credit card statements daily for suspicious or erroneous charges. Protect yourself from malware by purchasing, updating, and upgrading antivirus software.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Greek intelligence service used surveillance malware to spy on a journalist, Reuters reports Slack resets passwords for about 0.5% of its users due to the exposure of salted password hashes Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The telecommunications provider pointed out that no financial information (credit or debit card numbers, banking details) has been compromised. No driver’s licence numbers, ID documentation details, banking details or passwords have been disclosed as a result of this incident.” ”continues the statement.

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