Hackers Target Bank Networks with new Rootkit to Steal Money from ATM Machines

A financially motivated threat actor has been observed deploying a previously unknown rootkit targeting Oracle Solaris systems with the goal of compromising Automatic Teller Machine ATM switching networks and carrying out unauthorized cash withdrawals at different banks using fraudulent cards...

Russian Hacking Group Targeting Banks Worldwide With Evolving Tactics

Silence APT, a Russian-speaking cybercriminal group, known for targeting financial organizations primarily in former Soviet states and neighboring countries is now aggressively targeting banks in more than 30 countries across America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Active since at least September 2016...

Mexico’s Banking System Sees $18M Siphoned Off in Phantom Transactions

Somewhere between $18 million to $20 million has gone missing during unauthorized interbank money transfers in Mexico’s central banking system. Authorities are investigating the shadow transactions, but answers are thus far scarce. The affected banks and government officials are determining wheth...

ATM Heists Net $45 Million and Indictments

Eight members of a New York cybercrime cell have been indicted in a carefully coordinated heist that drained $45 million from thousands of ATMs in less than 24 hours. In an federal indictment unsealed Thursday in Brooklyn, authorities charge the attacks were reminiscent of a suspense movie in whi...

Anatomy of the RBS WorldPay Hack

The four men whom a federal grand jury indicted this week for their alleged roles in a scam that stole millions of dollars from RBS WorldPay were no fools. The small crew of hackers had a distinct division of labor, operated with skill and efficiency and left one of the world’s larger banks holdi...