SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2021

The hacking group behind the infamous SolarWinds incident, Nobelium, is making headlines again. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center says it has observed new activity from the cybercrime group, mainly password spray and brute-force attacks.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Financial Services Accountability Passwords 52

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.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Hacking Banking Financial Services 121

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This is an important achievement in the fight against cybercrime. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA) The post Law enforcement operation seized Ragnar Locker group’s infrastructure appeared first on Security Affairs.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Financial Services Cybercrime Manufacturing 112

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6 CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Data breaches Cybercrime Firewall Artificial Intelligence 86

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.

Accountability 88

Accountability Hacking Financial Services Cybersecurity 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers. Iran-linked APT group Pioneer Kitten, also known as Fox Kitten or Parisite, is now trying to monetize its efforts by selling access to some of the networks it has hacked to other hackers.

Hacking 96

Hacking VPN Advertising Financial Services 96

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Stolen data included corporate files and personal information Nissan refused to pay the ransom and the cybercrime group published the alleged stolen files.

Data breaches 100

Data breaches Identity Theft Financial Services Cybercrime 100

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The recent cyber-attacks by an Iranian-backed cybercriminal group on a water utility in Aliquippa , Pennsylvania by targeting an Israeli-made SCADA system exemplify incidents teetering on the edge of cyberterrorism and cybercrime.

Cyber threats 123

Cyber threats Energy and Utilities Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks 123

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

Financial services company LoanDepot disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot is a financial services company that primarily operates as a mortgage lender. The company provides a range of mortgage and non-mortgage loan products and services. million individuals. million individuals.

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Data breaches Financial Services Cybersecurity Encryption 113

Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

The request for the last four of the customer’s credit card number was consistent with my own testing, which relied upon on a caller ID spoofing service advertised in the cybercrime underground and aimed at a Citi account controlled by this author. A screen shot from an underground store selling CVV records. Click to enlarge.

Scams 359

Scams Banking Accountability Financial Services 359

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Australian and New Zealand Nissan Corporation and Financial Services (“Nissan”) advises that its systems have been subject to a cyber incident. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware)

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Ransomware Data breaches Financial Services Scams 131

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“The government and the people of Papua New Guinea can be assured that the government financial services will continue as usual,” Pundari said. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). The government was not able to pay cheques and ordinary operations were impacted. Pierluigi Paganini.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Government Financial Services Cybercrime 88

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.

Ransomware 113

Ransomware Banking Financial Services Marketing 113

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2024

Resecurity researchers warn that a new Version of JsOutProx is targeting financial institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab abuse. Resecurity has detected a new version of JSOutProx , which is targeting financial services and organizations in the APAC and MENA regions.

Banking 104

Banking Financial Services Malware Phishing 104

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

On Saturday, September 4, 2021, the ransomware gang added the bank to its leak site and published some screenshots as proof of the hack. “Pacific City Bank provides outstanding banking and financial services for businesses and consumers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.

Banking 124

Banking Ransomware Financial Services Hacking 124

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The breach reportedly occurred after IMS was hacked in November 2023. According to breach notification letters , the exposed customer data includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial account details. See the agenda and register for free here.

Banking 96

Banking Financial Services Data breaches Threat Detection 96

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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Ransomware Financial Services Cyber Attacks Cybersecurity 110

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 24, 2023

By John Weiler FBI arrests Breached hacking forum leader, smartphones hijacked without any user involvement and 330,000 customers compromised in Australia by a data breach. Breached was a cybercrime forum that was a hotbed for criminal activity. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 24, 2023.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Ransomware Cybercrime Hacking 52

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Since January 2020, affiliates utilizing LockBit have targeted organizations of diverse sizes spanning critical infrastructure sectors such as financial services, food and agriculture, education, energy, government and emergency services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. on January 5, 2020.

Energy and Utilities 112

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing 112

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The database belonging to the company was leaked on a cybercrime forum. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Optus). The authorities determined that data used in this criminal activity were from the 10,200 records stolen from the telecommunications giant last month. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 76

Data breaches Scams Telecommunications Financial Services 76

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Researchers at Menlo Labs uncovered a malicious email campaign targeting employees of banks and financial services companies abusing Google Cloud Storage. Experts analyzed some malicious VBS scripts that were highly obfuscated and were likely created by one of the builder available in the cybercrime underground.

Financial Services 97

Financial Services Cybercrime Malware Advertising 97

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Of course, we’re interested from a cybercrime point of view. Cybercrime. Cybercrime in this report includes the creation and spread of malware, hacking to steal sensitive personal or industry data, denial of service attacks to cause financial and/or reputational damage, and other criminal activities.

Cybercrime 99

Cybercrime Encryption Cryptocurrency Advertising 99

Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2023

Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. 14 million individuals impacted appeared first on Security Affairs.

Data breaches 93

Data breaches Financial Services Passwords Hacking 93

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.

Cryptocurrency 111

Cryptocurrency Hacking Financial Services Marketing 111

Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

We will continue to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt cybercrime, and while cybercriminals may continue to run, they ultimately cannot hide.” The group targeted municipal governments, county governments, public higher education and K-12 schools, and emergency services (e.g., law enforcement).

Ransomware 91

Ransomware Healthcare Education Government 91

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Microsoft researchers warn of banking adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing and BEC attacks targeting banking and financial organizations. Microsoft discovered multi-stage adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks against banking and financial services organizations.

Phishing 94

Phishing Banking Financial Services Authentication 94

Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The vulnerabilities are exploited remotely through Microsoft Exchange’s Client Access Service (CAS) running on port 443 in IIS. The vulnerabilities were discovered by security Researcher Tsai orange from Devcore, the issues were awarded $ 200,000 during the April 2021 Pwn2Own hacking contest. — 0patch (@0patch) August 19, 2021.

Ransomware 137

Ransomware Financial Services Hacking Encryption 137

Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2023

The recent campaign exclusively aims at organizations that deal with tax preparation, financial services, CPA and accounting firms, and professional service firms dealing in bookkeeping and tax. Crooks use lures masquerading as tax documentation sent by a client. LNK) files.

Accountability 94

Accountability Phishing Financial Services Surveillance 94

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

entities Financial Services, Government Facilities, Healthcare and Public Health, Critical Manufacturing, and Information Technology. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CISA). ” Since December 2021 Cuba operators are continuing to target U.S. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Financial Services Manufacturing Healthcare 90

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.

Digital transformation 178

Digital transformation Internet Internet Hacking 178

Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

Advantage and Argus seem to be the same company working under two different names, they offer funding and startup capital to business owners without access to traditional lending and financial services. SecurityAffairs – financial documents, cybercrime). The researchers discovered the unsecured database in December 2019.

Banking 114

Banking Financial Services Advertising Cybercrime 114

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

. “With the discover of SharkBot we have shown new evidence about how mobile malwares are quickly finding new ways to perform fraud, trying to bypass behavioural detection countermeasures put in place by multiple banks and financial services during the last years.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, SharkBot).

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Banking Mobile Social Engineering Malware 132

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The incident, which unfolded on November 8, 2023, has sent ripples through the global financial community, emphasizing the escalating cyber threats faced by even the most robust institutions. arm, ICBC Financial Services, experienced a ransomware attack resulting in the disruption of certain systems.

Banking 93

Banking Ransomware Marketing Financial Services 93

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Through our close collaboration, we have hacked the hackers; taken control of their infrastructure, seized their source code, and obtained keys that will help victims decrypt their systems.” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware) on January 5, 2020.

Energy and Utilities 107

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Financial Services 107

Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

In a classified report cited by Chosun, the US National Intelligence Service (DNI) found that North Korea was financing its ‘priority policies’, such as nuclear and missile development, through cybercrime. The 110th Research Center was also involved in the theft of sensitive government information from entities in South Korea. .

Government 87

Government Cryptocurrency Media Technology 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

XFS (extensions for financial services) provides a client-server architecture for financial applications on the Microsoft Windows platform, especially peripheral devices such as EFTPOS terminals and ATMs which are unique to the financial industry. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

Banking 97

Banking Malware Financial Services Architecture 97

SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

According to a report from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye titled, "Cybercrime in a Pandemic World: The Impact of COVID-19," 81% of global organizations have experienced increased cyberthreats, and 79% experienced downtime from an attack during a peak season. Adopt cloud services. Prioritize employee cybersecurity training.

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Ransomware Digital transformation Phishing Small Business 83