SWIFT Warns Banks Of More Cyberattacks

Reports of additional attacks against banks that use SWIFT, the global financial transaction messaging network, came to light Wednesday. The attacks were reportedly persistent, sophisticated and in some cases successful, impacting an undisclosed number of financial institutions. It’s the latest...

NUUO NVRmini2 / NVRsolo / Crystal Devices / Netgear ReadyNAS Surveillance Application - Multiple Vul

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits Multiple vulnerabilities in NUUO NVRmini2 / NVRsolo / Crystal devices and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance application Discovered by Pedro Ribeiro email protected, Agile Information Security http://www.agileinfosec.co.uk/...

GRR Système de Gestion et de Réservations de Ressources 3.0.0-RC1 - Arbitrary File Upload

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: GRR = 3.0.0-RC1 all versions RCE with privilege escalation through file upload filter bypass authenticated Date: January 7th, 2016 Exploit Author: kmkz Bourbon Jean-marie | @kmkzsecurity Vendor Homepage: http://grr.devome.com/fr...

Russia arrests 50 hackers who stole $25 million from Banks

Russian authorities have arrested a gang of 50 hackers suspected of stealing more than 1.7 Billion Rubles over US$25 Million from banks and other financial institutions in the country since 2011. The same criminal gang had tried to steal a further 2.273 Billion Roubles by issuing false payment...

SWIFT Urges Collaboration on Financial Security

The SWIFT banking network on Friday updated financial institutions worldwide of new security resources it has developed in the wake of massive fraud. Officials also reminded banks of their role in securing their respective infrastructures. Banks in Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ecuador have been...

About Apache Struts 2 S2-0 3 2 vulnerability threat monitoring and emergency disposal of the case Bulletin-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

4 the end of the month, the Apache struts2 S2-0 3 2 remote code execution vulnerability CNVD-2 0 1 6-0 2 5 0 6, The CVE-2 0 1 6-3 0 8 1, hereinafter referred to as S2-0 3 2 vulnerability, the exploit code is disclosed and in a short time spread rapidly. CNVD Secretariat-National Internet emergenc...

RuMMS: The Latest Family of Android Malware Attacking Users in Russia Via SMS Phishing

Introduction Recently we observed an Android malware family being used to attack users in Russia. The malware samples were mainly distributed through a series of malicious subdomains registered under a legitimate domain belonging to a well-known shared hosting service provider in Russia. Because...

RuMMS: The Latest Family of Android Malware Attacking Users in Russia Via SMS Phishing

Introduction Recently we observed an Android malware family being used to attack users in Russia. The malware samples were mainly distributed through a series of malicious subdomains registered under a legitimate domain belonging to a well-known shared hosting service provider in Russia. Because...

Bank Trojans Nymaim, Gozi Merge Create GozNym

Two powerful Trojans, Nymaim and Gozi ISFB, have been combined to create a “double-headed beast” called GozNym. The Trojan has managed to steal $4 million since it was first discovered just two weeks ago, according to IBM X-Force Research. It reports the hybrid Trojan is currently engaged in an...

The 7 Most Wanted Iranian Hackers By the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has lengthened its Most Wanted List by adding seven Iranian hackers who are accused of attacking a range of US banks and a New York dam. On Thursday, the United States Department of Justice DoJ charged seven Iranian hackers with a slew of computer hacking...

Russian Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate with Malware

Russian Group of Hackers reportedly cracked into the Kazan-based Energobank and messed up with the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates. In Feb 2015, a hacking group, known by the name METEL, successfully breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes and caused the exchange rate to fluctuate...

Carbanak 2.0, Metel, GCMAN Borrow from APT Attacks

TENERIFE, Spain— Many bank robbers long ago dropped the stick-up man persona in favor of a keyboard and a reliable password-stealing Trojan. Banking malware, however, may soon not be good enough for the bad guys. More and more are copycatting the techniques deployed by advanced hackers to steal...

Hackers behind Dyre Malware Busted in Police Raid

The world's most notorious financial hacking operation disrupted by Russian authorities in November, when they raided the offices associated with a Moscow-based film and production company named 25th Floor. According to the Russian authorities, 25th Floor was allegedly involved in distributing th...

JPMorgan Hack — Three Men Charged in Biggest Bank Hack in History

The US government has charged hackers over the largest ever hacking case in financial history. The US Court of the Southern District of New York has charged three men accused of hacking into many financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase that, according to the officials, was "the largest...

BSIMM6 Data Shows Poor Health Care Software Security

The folks behind the Building Security in Maturity Model BSIMM, its sixth iteration available today, tout the project as an intersection between science and computer security. “It’s more like a science experiment that escaped the test tube,” said Gary McGraw, chief technology officer of Citigal,...

RFPs and Needs Assessments for Higher Education

In this blog post, I will be discussing RFP best practices for Higher Education Institutions. Having worked with higher education organizations for a number of years, Ive noticed some trends that could be useful as you and your department or institution head into another year of projects that may...

Hotel Chain Hilton Worldwide Investigating Potential POS Breach

Hilton Hotels and Resorts is reportedly looking into claims that some of its point-of-sale devices were compromised, some potentially as far back as November 2014. Security blogger Brian Krebs notes that Visa sent alerts to financial institutions warning of a breach from April 21 to July 27, but...

FBI Warns Businesses of Email Scams, Wire Fraud

U.S. businesses are losing millions in fraudulent wire transfers that have their root in email compromises of accounts belonging to top executives. An FBI advisory issued Thursday warns businesses that regularly conduct wire transfer payments to be vigilant about potential email account...

This 20-year-old Student Has Written 100 Malware Programs in Two Years

Security firm Trend Micro has identified a 20-year-old Brazilian college student responsible for developing and distributing over 100 Banking Trojans selling each for around US$300. Known online as 'Lordfenix', 'Hacker's Son' and 'Filho de Hacker', the computer science student first began his...

Carbanak Ring Steals $1 Billion from Banks

CANCUN, Mexico – Hackers in Eastern Europe are bleeding banks dry, stealing as much as $1 billion from more than 100 financial institutions in a string of attacks that borrow heavily from targeted attacks against sensitive government and industrial targets. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab on Monda...