New PXA Stealer Malware Targets Banks, Uses Telegram to Exfiltrate Data

CyberProof researchers have detected a 10% surge in PXA Stealer attacks targeting financial institutions in Q1 2026. Learn…...

Security Barriers to Trustworthy AI-Driven Cyber Threat Intelligence in Finance: Evidence from Practitioners

Financial institutions face increasing cyber risk while operating under strict regulatory oversight. To manage this risk, they rely heavily on Cyber Threat Intelligence CTI to inform detection, response, and strategic security decisions. Artificial intelligence AI is widely suggested as a means t...

PT-2026-25063

Massive March 2026 ransomware campaign hits 500+ critical infrastructure orgs, exploiting CVE-2025-6789 in widely used software, demanding over $10M in ransoms. Emergency patches issued. Ransomware https://t.co/2B8WOmFI22...

FBI Reports $262M in ATO Fraud as Researchers Cite Growing AI Phishing and Holiday Scams

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has warned that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions with an aim to steal money or sensitive information to facilitate account takeover ATO fraud schemes. The activity targets individuals, businesses, and organizations of varied size...

AI as Cyberattacker

From Anthropic: In mid-September 2025, we detected suspicious activity that later investigation determined to be a highly sophisticated espionage campaign. The attackers used AI’s “agentic” capabilities to an unprecedented degree­--using AI not just as an advisor, but to execute the cyberattacks...

GodRAT – New RAT targeting financial institutions

Summary In September 2024, we detected malicious activity targeting financial trading and brokerage firms through the distribution of malicious .scr screen saver files disguised as financial documents via Skype messenger. The threat actor deployed a newly identified Remote Access Trojan RAT named...

SquidLoader Malware Campaign Hits Hong Kong Financial Firms

Trellix exposes SquidLoader malware targeting Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia's financial service institutions. Learn about its advanced evasion tactics and stealthy attacks...

Cyber Criminals Exploit Open-Source Tools to Compromise Financial Institutions Across Africa

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks targeting financial organizations across Africa since at least July 2023 using a mix of open-source and publicly available tools to maintain access. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is tracking the activity under the moniker...

Human-Centred AI in FinTech: Developing a User Experience (UX) Research Point of View (PoV) Playbook

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence AI have significantly transformed the financial industry, enabling the development of more personalized and adaptable financial products and services. This research paper explores various instances where Human-Centred AI HCAI has facilitated these...

How and where to report an online scam

If you've been scammed it's really important to report it, if you can, in order to help prevent others falling for the same scam, and give authorities a chance to catch the criminal who did it. The methods in which to report a scam varies according to the country you're in, the platforms you're...

China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called "Smishing Triad " mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups a...

Anatomy of a SYN-ACK Attack

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DORA: Strengthening Digital Resilience Through API Security

The Digital Operational Resilience Act DORA is one of the most significant cybersecurity regulations for financial institutions in the European Union EU. Failure to comply can have massive consequences, including financial penalties and forced operational downtime, meaning achieving DORA complian...

Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions

Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. "Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities, including keylogging, capturing screenshots, and displaying phishing overlays to steal sensitive credentials,...

Wultra Secures €3M to Protect Financial Institutions from Quantum Threats

Prague, Czech republic, 15th January 2025, CyberNewsWire...

How Red Teaming Helps Meet DORA Requirements

The Digital Operational Resilience Act DORA sets strict EU rules for financial institutions and IT providers, emphasizing strong…...

New DroidBot Android Spyware Targeting Banking and Crypto Users

DroidBot, a sophisticated Android RAT, is targeting individuals and financial institutions across Europe...

North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use Russian Email Addresses for Credential Theft Attacks

The North Korea-aligned threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a series of phishing attacks that involve sending email messages that originate from Russian sender addresses to ultimately conduct credential theft. "Phishing emails were sent mainly through email services in Japan and Kore...

APT trends report Q3 2024

Kaspersky's Global Research and Analysis Team GReAT has been releasing quarterly summaries of advanced persistent threat APT activity for over seven years now. Based on our threat intelligence research, these summaries offer a representative overview of what we've published and discussed in more...

Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world's top 50 banks, notified customers of the security incident...