Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2019
Researchers from MalwareBytes and HYAS Threat Intelligence linked one of the hacking groups under the Magecart umbrella to the notorious Cobalt cybercrime Group. Hacker groups under the Magecart umbrella continue to target organizations worldwide to steal payment card data with so-called software skimmers. Security firms have monitored the activities of a dozen groups at least since 2010. According to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 28, 2019
The Cobalt cybercrime gang has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The Cobalt hacking group has been using Google App Engine to distribute malware through PDF decoy documents. The group targeted more than 20 other government and financial institutions worldwide. Cobalt crime gang is a Russian hacking crew that […]
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. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2018
On August 13, ASERT observed the Cobalt crime gang actively pushing a new campaign aimed at institutions in eastern Europe and Russia. Security experts from Netscout’s ASERT uncovered a new campaign carried out by the Cobalt cybercrime group. The attacks were detected on August 13, 2018, experts revealed that the hackers targeted also the NS Bank in Russia and Carpatica/Patria in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 25, 2016
Criminal gangs like the Cobalt gang are now focusing their efforts on the banks to steal cash directly from the ATMs with jackpotting attacks. Security experts are assisting a change of tactics for the criminal organizations who target the ATMs and online banking credentials. Crooks are now focusing their efforts on the banks in the attempt to […]
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