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Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2020

Brazilian trojan banker is targeting Portuguese users using browser overlay

Since the end of April 2020, a new trojan has been affecting Portuguese users from several bank organizations. The modus operandi of this piece of malware is not new in Portugal. At least since the year of 2014 that new variants have been observed, with minor changes, and with the objective of collecting bank details […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020

Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

DDoS extortionists are blackmailing Australian banks asking for payments of large sums in Monero cryptocurrency threatening DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals are threatening Australian banks of DDoS attacks if they will not pay large sums in Monero cryptocurrency. The extortion campaign was observed over the past week, attackers are sending emails to the banks threatening to carry […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2020

Nedbank client data compromised in security breach at third-party provider

Nedbank bank announced on Thursday that a security breach at a third-party supplier has compromised the details of as many as 1.7 million of its clients. Nedbank bank disclosed on Thursday a security breach at a third-party supplier that has compromised the details of as many as 1.7 million of its clients. The bank revealed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2020

South Korean Woori Bank is accused of unauthorized use of customer data

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 passwords of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. The accounts are deactivated if there is no transaction for one year after their opening. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2020

A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, 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. President Lagarde cited findings of a […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020

P&N Bank data breach may have impacted 100,000 West Australians

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. P&N Bank, a division of Police & Nurses Limited and operating in Western Australia, suffered a data breach and is reporting the incident […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2019

Crooks stole €1.5 million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards

Criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank OLB by cloning customer debit cards and using them to cash out user funds across Brazil. ZDnet first reported that last week cyber criminals have stolen more than €1.5 million from the German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) by cloning customer debit cards and using […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2019

TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

Recent campaigns show threat actors behind the Dridex and Locky malware families, the TA505 group, have updated tactics and expanded its target list. Trend Micro revealed that the TA505 group that is behind the Dridex and Locky malware families continue to make small changes to its operations. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 02, 2019

Over 1 Million payment cards from South Korea sold on the Dark Web

Data belonging to more than one million payment cards from South Korea surfaced in the dark web over the past two months. Experts noticed a spike in the number of stolen payment card details belonging to users from South Korea over the past two months. Card details from over one million payments cards from South […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2019

Malware researchers analyzed an intriguing Java ATM Malware

Experts spotted a Java ATM malware that was relying on the XFS (EXtension for Financial Service) API to “jackpot” the infected machine Introduction Recently our attention was caught by a really particular malware sample most probably linked toa recent cybercriminal operation against the banking sector. This piece of malicious code is a so-called ‘ATM malware‘: […]

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Brazilian trojan banker is targeting Portuguese users using browser overlay

Silence Hacking Crew threatens Australian banks of DDoS attacks

Nedbank client data compromised in security breach at third-party provider

South Korean Woori Bank is accused of unauthorized use of customer data

A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

P&N Bank data breach may have impacted 100,000 West Australians

Crooks stole €1.5 million from German bank OLB cloning EMV cards

TA505 group updates tactics and expands the list of targets

Over 1 Million payment cards from South Korea sold on the Dark Web

Malware researchers analyzed an intriguing Java ATM Malware

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