Open Finance — 5 Reasons to Consider Akamai

The increased use of smart devices, improved connectivity, and today’s hyper demanding customers are driving the need for digital transformation in the finance sector. Emerging technologies like open banking are creating new opportunities for both incumbent banks and fintechs...

Evasive maneuvers: HTML smuggling explained

Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC last week disclosed “a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features” that it calls HTML smuggling. HTML smuggling has been used in targeted, spear-phishing email campaigns that deliver banking Trojans...

HTML smuggling surges: Highly evasive loader technique increasingly used in banking malware, targeted attacks

HTML smuggling, a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features, is increasingly used in email campaigns that deploy banking malware, remote access Trojans RATs, and other payloads related to targeted attacks. Notably, this technique was observe...

HTML smuggling surges: Highly evasive loader technique increasingly used in banking malware, targeted attacks

HTML smuggling, a highly evasive malware delivery technique that leverages legitimate HTML5 and JavaScript features, is increasingly used in email campaigns that deploy banking malware, remote access Trojans RATs, and other payloads related to targeted attacks. Notably, this technique was observe...

Stark Bank Data Forgery Problem Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-95641)

Stark Bank is a banking API for individual developers in Brazil. performs all banking operations through the API, simplifying and automating payments, facilitating reconciliations and scaling operations. A data forgery issue vulnerability exists in Stark Bank Ecdsa-java, which stems from a failur...

Stark Bank Data Forgery Issue Vulnerability

Stark Bank is a banking API for individual developers in Brazil.Perform all banking operations through an API that simplifies and automates payments, facilitates reconciliations, and scales operations. Stark Bank Ecdsa-node suffers from a Data Forgery Issue vulnerability that stems from the...

Stark Bank Data Forgery Problem Vulnerability (CNVD-2021-95642)

Stark Bank is a banking API for individual developers in Brazil.Perform all banking operations through an API that simplifies and automates payments, facilitates reconciliations, and scales operations. Stark Bank ecdsa-elixir suffers from a Data Forgery Issue vulnerability that stems from the...

Mekotio Banking Trojan Resurges with Tweaked Code, Stealthy Campaign

The Mekotio Latin American banking trojan is bouncing back after several of the gang that operates it were arrested in Spain. More than 100 attacks in recent weeks have featured a new infection routine, indicating that the group continues to actively retool. “The new campaign started right after...

Mekotio Banking Trojan Resurfaces with New Attacking and Stealth Techniques

The operators behind the Mekotio banking trojan have resurfaced with a shift in its infection flow so as to stay under the radar and evade security software, while staging nearly 100 attacks over the last three months. "One of the main characteristics … is the modular attack which gives the...

Russian TrickBot Gang Hacker Extradited to U.S. Charged with Cybercrime

A Russian national, who was arrested in South Korea last month and extradited to the U.S. on October 20, appeared in a federal court in the state of Ohio on Thursday to face charges for his alleged role as a member of the infamous TrickBot group. Court documents showed that Vladimir Dunaev, 38,...

TA551 Shifts Tactics to Install Sliver Red-Teaming Tool

The criminal threat group known as TA551 has added the Sliver red-teaming tool to its bag of tracks – a move that may signal ramped up ransomware attacks ahead, researchers said. According to Proofpoint researchers, TA551 aka Shathak has been mounting cyberattacks that start with email thread...

Trickbot module descriptions

Trickbot aka TrickLoader or Trickster, is a successor of the Dyre banking Trojan that was active from 2014 to 2016 and performed man-in-the-browser attacks in order to steal banking credentials. Trickbot was first discovered in October 2016. Just like Dyre, its main functionality was initially th...

TA505 Gang Is Back With Newly Polished FlawedGrace RAT

The TA505 cybercrime group is whirring its financial rip-off machinery back up, pelting malware at a range of industries in what was initially low-volume waves that researchers saw spiral up late last month. They do bad things, but they’re so tricky that tracking them is a ton of fun, said Sherro...

Sparkasse Online Banking - Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Sparkasse Online Banking - Filter Bypass Vulnerability References Source: ==================== https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=2264 Release Date: ============= 2021-10-17 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID: ==================================== 22...

TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan

By Waqas A new malware campaign from a group called TA544 is targeting organizations in Italy with Ursnif banking trojan - Here's how it works. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: TA544 threat actors hit Italian firms with Ursnif banking trojan...

Beware! This Android Trojan Stole Millions of Dollars from Over 10 Million Users

A newly discovered "aggressive" mobile campaign has infected north of 10 million users from over 70 countries via seemingly innocuous Android apps that subscribe the individuals to premium services costing €36 $42 per month without their knowledge. Zimperium zLabs dubbed the malicious trojan...

Hackers Targeting Brazil's PIX Payment System to Drain Users' Bank Accounts

Two newly discovered malicious Android applications on Google Play Store have been used to target users of Brazil's instant payment ecosystem in a likely attempt to lure victims into fraudulently transferring their entire account balances into another bank account under cybercriminals' control...

New Android Malware Targeting US, Canadian Users with COVID-19 Lures

An "insidious" new SMS smishing malware has been found targeting Android mobile users in the U.S. and Canada as part of an ongoing campaign that uses SMS text message lures related to COVID-19 regulations and vaccine information in an attempt to steal personal and financial data. Proofpoint's...

Three Surefire Ways to Boost the Digital Banking Experience

The year 2020 disrupted just about every industry, including retail banking. Locked down at home, consumers were abruptly forced to do all their banking over the internet. The sudden transition profoundly impacted banks and created unprecedented demands on online infrastructure. Some banking site...

Numando: A New Banking Trojan Targeting Latin American Users

A newly spotted banking trojan has been caught leveraging legitimate platforms like YouTube and Pastebin to store its encrypted, remote configuration and commandeer infected Windows systems, making it the latest to join the long list of malware targeting Latin America LATAM after Guildma, Javali,...