MoneyTaker

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2018
Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks posing as the Central Bank of Russia

Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. Group-IB experts have discovered that the attack on 15 November could have been carried out by the hacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2018
Group-IB: $49.4 million of damage caused to Russia’s financial sector from cyber attacks

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. […]