Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2019
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
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‘: […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 07, 2019
Early April, experts at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab spotted a new interesting malware sample, likely active since 2017, that was linked to ATMitch attacks. In the first days of April, our threat monitoring operations spotted a new interesting malware sample possibly active in the wild since 2017. Its initial triage suggests it may be part of an […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2019
ZLab Yoroi-Cybaze dissected another attack wave of Ursnif Trojan, aka Gozi ISFB, an offspring of the original Gozi which source code was leaked in 2014. ZLab Yoroi-Cybaze dissected another attack wave of Ursnif Trojan, aka Gozi ISFB, an offspring of the original Gozi which source code was leaked in 2014. Introduction A few days ago, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 14, 2019
Bank of Valletta, the largest bank of Malta was hit by a cyber attack, attackers attempted to steal 13 million euros ($14.7 million). Bank of Valletta the largest bank in Malta that accounts for almost half of banking transactions in the country, had to shut down its operations on Wednesday after hackers attempted to withdraw 13 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Metro Bank has become the first major bank to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, but experts believe it isn’t an isolated case. A new type of cyber attack was used for the first time against the Metro Bank, threat actors are leveraging known flaws in the SS7 signaling protocol to intercept the codes sent via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2019
Researchers from Flashpoint linked the recently disclosed attack on Chilean interbank network Redbanc to the North Korean APT group Lazarus. Security experts at Flashpoint linked the recently disclosed attack on the Chilean interbank network to the dreaded Lazarus APT group. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 24, 2018
According to security reearchers at Trend Micro, the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America, Trend Micro experts reported. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks and experts […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 09, 2018
According to the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing.almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach. Almost all Pakistani banks were affected by a recent security breach, the shocking news was confirmed by the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing. “According to a recent report we […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 10, 2018
Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector. […]
