Neverquest Banking Trojan Targets More Than 100 Banks

Banking malware with a particular liking for Fidelity Investments has infected several thousand victims worldwide, and has the capacity for much greater harm, in particular during the upcoming holidays, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab. A report released today describes the threat posed ...

Dutch Police arrested TorRAT Malware Gang for stealing over Million Dollar

The TorRAT malware was first appeared in 2012 as spying tool only. But from August 2012, Bitcoin Mining feature was added and it became a powerful hacking tool that was commonly associated with attacks on Financial institutions. ab This year TorRat Malware targeted two out of three major Banks in...

Chinese APT Espionage campaign, dubbed 'Icefog' targeted Military contractors and Governments

Kaspersky Lab has identified another Chinese APT campaign, dubbed 'Icefog', who targeted Governmental institutions, Military contractors, maritime / shipbuilding groups, telecom operators, industrial and high technology companies and mass media. The Hacking group behind the attack who carry out...

Time For a Change in Security Thinking, Experts Say

WASHINGTON–Security, like a lot of other things, tends to go in phases. A new attack technique is developed, vendors respond with a new defensive technology and then attackers find a way to defeat it. It has always been that way. And right now, things seem to be in one of those periodic down cycl...

FBI Warning Users About Financial Malware Beta Bot

The FBI began warning computer users about the Beta Bot Trojan this week, sounding the alarm about malware that has targeted a variety of online payment platforms and financial institutions over the few last months. According to an intelligence note prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center...

Shylock/Caphaw Banking Malware Infections on the Rise

Two dozen major U.S. and European banks are in the crosshairs of the Shylock, or Caphaw, financial malware of late, and victims who trade with one of the 24 financial institutions are at risk of giving up their credentials and losing assets in their accounts. Malware researchers have noticed a ri...

China .cn Domain Available Again after DDoS Attack

Long fingered as the source of denial-of-service attacks and other hacks against foreign interests, China’s .cn domain was targeted on Sunday and approximately one-third of the sites registered to that domain were kept offline for a period of time. A statement from the China Internet Network...

Joomla Patches Blackhole Zero Day Vulnerability

Attackers have been abusing websites for months that are hosted on Joomla, WordPress and other content management platforms. One gaping vulnerability can open the door for a cybercrime group, for example, to build a formidable botnet, or lure victims to malware that can cash out a bank account or...

California issued cease and desist order against Bitcoin Foundation

The Bitcoin Foundation has received a cease-and-desist letter from the California Department of Financial Institutions, which oversees banks, credit unions, and other financial organizations operating in the state. Jon Matonis, who is a board member at the Foundation, revealed the letter on Forbe...

New Dirt Jumper Variant 'Drive' More Refined Than Original

Researchers have detected new attacks originating from a souped-up variant of the DIY Dirt Jumper DDoS toolkit they’ve taken to calling Drive. While it hasn’t been seen spreading through any underground forums yet, the up-and-coming threat apparently boasts a “much more powerful DDoS engine than...

Feds Bust Ukrainian Cybercrime Ring

Federal officials charged eight members of a Ukrainian cybercrime ring this week after they allegedly tried to illegally access the networks of a number of financial institutions including Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, TD Ameritrade and PayPal, along with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Finance and...

FBI seized Citadel banking Trojan servers

Microsoft and the FBI have taken down a botnet that controlled millions of infected PCs, which was responsible for massive bank fraud. Botnets are networks of computers infected with viruses that let them be controlled by hackers. The outfit runs the Citadel Botnets and is believed to have stolen...

Attack on FIS More Widespread Than Reported

A previously reported attack against Fidelity National Information Services FIS two years ago was actually much more widespread than initially reported according to a document released to banks from the FDIC late last month. Compounding matters, as of the FDIC’s audit FIS had not taken the...

KRBanker Malware Targeting Korean Financial Institutions

A recently discovered piece of malware called KRBanker Korea + Banker = KRBanker , targeting mostly online end-users at Korean financial institutions. According to nProtect, now an invasive banking Trojan, the new and improved KRBanker can block anti-virus software, security websites and even oth...

KRBanker Malware Targeting Korean Financial Institutions

A recently discovered piece of malware called KRBanker Korea + Banker = KRBanker , targeting mostly online end-users at Korean financial institutions. According to nProtect, now an invasive banking Trojan, the new and improved KRBanker can block anti-virus software, security websites and even oth...

Massive 167Gbps DDoS attacks against Banking and Financial Institutions

DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an Banking services earlier this week using one of the largest Distributed denial of service attack using DNS reflection technique. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service DDoS protection services, announced that it has successfully...

Iranian Hackers targeting US oil, gas, and electric companies

For all the talk about China and the Syrian Electronic Army, it seems there's another threat to U.S. cyber interests i.e Iran. Series of potentially destructive computer attacks that have been targeting American oil, gas and electricity companies tracked back to Iran. Iranian hackers were able to...

Iranian Hackers targeting US oil, gas, and electric companies

For all the talk about China and the Syrian Electronic Army, it seems there's another threat to U.S. cyber interests i.e Iran. Series of potentially destructive computer attacks that have been targeting American oil, gas and electricity companies tracked back to Iran. Iranian hackers were able to...

Shylock Trojan Going Global with New Features, Resilient Infrastructure

The prolific, credential-stealing Shylock banking Trojan is growing increasingly sophisticated as its creators continue adding new modules and functionalities to the man-in-the-browser malware, according to a Symantec report. To this point, Shylock has made its money via man-in-the-browser attack...

Bank DDoS Attacks Resume

A number of U.S. banks are dealing with online service disruptions as hacktivists reportedly have launched another round of distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against financial institutions. According to sitedown.co, customers for PNC Bank, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and a...