RIPPER ATM Malware and the 12 Million Baht Jackpot

On Aug. 23, 2016, FireEye detected a potentially new ATM malware sample that used some interesting techniques not seen before. To add more fuel to an existing fire, the sample was uploaded to VirusTotal from an IP address in Thailand a couple of minutes before the Bangkok Post newspaper reported...

GozNym Banking Trojan Targeting German Banks

GozNym’s Euro trip rolls on. Fresh from targeting banks in Poland, the banking Trojan has reportedly begun taking aim at banks in Germany. For many, August marks the long, dog days of summer but developers behind GozNym appear to be working hard. According to numbers published by IBM’s X-Force te...

Operation Ghoul Targeting Middle Eastern Industrial, Engineering Organizations

Researchers today identified a series of ongoing targeted attacks primarily designed to steal sensitive corporate financial data from industrial and engineering organizations in the Middle East. The group behind the campaign, nicknamed Operation Ghoul by researchers at Kaspersky Lab’s Global...

СМС-банкинг - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application СМС-банкинг published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

AdGholas Malvertising Campaign Leveraged Steganography, Filtering

For over a year attackers were able to carry out a malvertising campaign that managed to draw between one and five million client hits a day, according to researchers. The scam infected thousands a day using a one-two-punch of filtering and steganography, the art of hiding information inside...

CVE-2016-3589

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 12.0.1, 12.0.2, and 12.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors...

CVE-2016-3589

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 12.0.1, 12.0.2, and 12.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 12.0.1, 12.0.2, and 12.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors...

CVE-2016-3589

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 12.0.1, 12.0.2, and 12.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors...

CVE-2016-3589

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking component in Oracle Financial Services Applications 12.0.1, 12.0.2, and 12.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors...

CVE-2016-3589

Technical details, affected components, and potential impact for CVE-2016-3589 are not publicly provided in the supplied connected documents. Monitor for updates from Oracle and vulnerability databases for confirmed specifics and remediation guidance.

Halifax Mobile Banking app - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

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

The Latest Android Overlay Malware Spreading via SMS Phishing in Europe

Introduction In April 2016, while investigating a Smishing campaign dubbed RuMMS that involved the targeting of Android users in Russia, we also noticed three similar Smishing campaigns reportedly spreading in Denmark February 2016, in Italy February 2016, and in both Denmark and Italy April 2016...

Necurs Botnet is Back, Updated Locky and Dridex

The notorious Necurs botnet is back in business, after mysteriously going dark for nearly a month. Researchers report the Necurs has returned to spewing massive volumes of email containing an improved version of the potent Locky ransomware and the Dridex banking Trojan. According to Proofpoint...

Exploit Kits Attacking Adobe Flash Player Zero Day

Update Exploits for the most recent Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability have been integrated into the Angler, Neutrino and Magnitude exploit kits, and are leading compromised computers to different ransomware strains, banking malware, and a credential-stealing Trojan. A French researcher wh...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

Introduction In the first week of May 2016, FireEye’s DTI identified a wave of emails containing malicious attachments being sent to multiple banks in the Middle East region. The threat actors appear to be performing initial reconnaissance against would-be targets, and the attacks caught our...

Targeted Attacks against Banks in the Middle East

UPDATE Dec. 8, 2017: We now attribute this campaign to APT34, a suspected Iranian cyber espionage threat group that we believe has been active since at least 2014. Learn more about APT34 and their late 2017 targeting of a government organization in the Middle East. Introduction In the first week ...

Ecuador Bank Hacked — $12 Million Stolen in 3rd Attack on SWIFT System

Bangladesh is not the only bank that had become victim to the cyber heist. In fact, it appears to be just a part of the widespread cyber attack on global banking and financial sector by hackers who target the backbone of the world financial system, SWIFT. Yes, the global banking messaging system...

Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge

ARCHIVED STORY Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge By Trellix · May 20, 2016 In recent months, we’ve seen headlines about the compromise of a bank in Bangladesh from which cybercriminals attempted to steal US$951 million. The malware they used was able to manipulate and...

Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge

ARCHIVED STORY Attacks on SWIFT Banking System Benefit From Insider Knowledge By Trellix · May 20, 2016 In recent months, we’ve seen headlines about the compromise of a bank in Bangladesh from which cybercriminals attempted to steal US$951 million. The malware they used was able to manipulate and...