Security Flaw Left Major Banking Apps Vulnerable to MiTM Attacks Over SSL

A team of security researchers has discovered a critical implementation flaw in major mobile banking applications that left banking credentials of millions of users vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers of the Security and Privacy Group at the University of...

Terdot Trojan likes social media

We usually advise people that have fallen victim to banker Trojans to change all their passwords, especially the ones that are related to their financial sites and apps. Besides the dangers of re-used passwords, there are other reasons why this is important. This advice is especially applicable t...

A week in security (November 13 – November 19)

Last week, we gave you some tips for the inevitable online chaos that is Cyber Monday, explained how "trusted" root certificates can sometimes be anything but, and explored the strange world of catphishing. We also pulled apart some malware found on Google Play and laid out the specifics of the...

BankBot Returns On Play Store – A Never Ending Android Malware Story

Even after so many efforts by Google for making its Play Store away from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software. A team of researchers from several security firms has uncovered two new malware campaigns targeting Google...

A banking trojan that steals Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo Password

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Bitdefender have discovered a banking malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A banking trojan that steals Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo Password...

McAfee’s ClickProtect Apparently Infected Devices with Banking Malware

By Waqas According to a French researcher, the renowned antivirus vendor McAfee This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: McAfee’s ClickProtect Apparently Infected Devices with Banking Malware...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

private-banking-magazin.de XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-410491 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| private-banking-magazin.de Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS...

Marcher Android Banking Trojan Combines 3 Threats Into 1 Scheme

By Waqas In February 2017 we reported about Marcher Android banking Trojan, This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Marcher Android Banking Trojan Combines 3 Threats Into 1 Scheme...

Mitigating and eliminating info-stealing Qakbot and Emotet in corporate networks

The threat to sensitive financial information is greater than ever. Data breaches, phishing attacks, and other forms of information theft are all too common in today’s threat landscape. Point-of-sale systems and ATMs have been targeted by hackers. Information-stealing trojans pose a risk to data...

Google Search Results Exploited to Distribute Zeus Panda Banking Trojan

By Waqas Until now, we believed that to advertise and promote your This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Search Results Exploited to Distribute Zeus Panda Banking Trojan...

Poisoned Search Results Deliver Banking Malware

Cybercriminals are using novel approaches to poison Google search results in the hope of infecting users with a banking Trojan called Zeus Panda, researchers at Cisco said. Attackers behind the Google poisoning attempts are targeting primarily keyword searches related to finance in order to drive...

New ‘Silence’ Banking Trojan copies Carbanak to Steal from Banks (Analysis with IOCs)

Dark Reading is reporting on a new banking trojan called 'Silence' that mimics techniques similar to the Carbanak hacker group targeting banks and financial institutions. The attack vector is similar – target individuals using spear-phish emails to trick them into running a malicious attachment...

Poisoning the Well: Banking Trojan Targets Google Search Results

This blog post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin, Earl Carter and Emmanuel Tacheau.SummaryIt has become common for users to use Google to find information that they do not know. In a quick Google search you can find practically anything you need to know. Links returned by a Google search, however,...

Malicious Chrome Extension Steals ‘All Posted Data’ without Login Credentials

By Waqas The trend of spreading adware, banking Trojans and malicious malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Malicious Chrome Extension Steals All Posted Data without Login Credentials...

Oracle Flexcube Direct Banking Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Oracle Financial Services Applications is a set of core banking, online banking and property management financial services software from Oracle Corporation, of which Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking is an Internet and mobile banking solution component. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in...

Threat Round Up for Oct 20 - Oct 27

Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between October 20 and October 27. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior...

Ursnif Banking Trojan Spreading In Japan

Attackers behind the pervasive banking Trojan Ursnif have made Japan one of their top targets, delivering the malware via spam campaigns that began last month. For years, Ursnif or Gozi has targeted Japan along with North America, Europe and Australia. But according to a recent IBM X-Force analys...

Barclays Mobile Banking - Customized SSL, External URLs, Possible privilege escalation vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Barclays Mobile Banking published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Unpatched Microsoft Word DDE Exploit Being Used In Widespread Malware Attacks

A newly discovered unpatched attacking method that exploits a built-in feature of Microsoft Office is currently being used in various widespread malware attack campaigns. Last week we reported how hackers could leveraging an old Microsoft Office feature called Dynamic Data Exchange DDE, to perfor...