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Rex Mundi hackers try, fail to blackmail Swiss bank

The Banque Cantonale de Geneve has refused to pay the ransom demanded by a group of hackers that goes under the name of Rex Mundi, and they have made good on their word and …

Scandinavian banks hit with DDoS attacks

The new year started poorly for Finnish bank OP Pohjola Group and its customers: the latter have been prevented from executing their online banking transactions by a DDoS …

Russian hackers stole millions from banks, ATMs

Tens of millions of dollars, credit cards and intellectual property stolen by a new group of cyber criminals. Group-IB and Fox IT, in a joint research effort, released a …

New Zeus variant targets users of 150 banks

A new variant of the infamous Zeus banking and information-stealing Trojan has been created to target the users of over 150 different banks and 20 payment systems in 15 …

Default ATM passcodes still exploited by crooks

Once again, ATMs have been “hacked” by individuals taking advantage of default, factory-set passcodes. This time the passcode hasn’t been guessed, or ended …

Flaw in Visa’s contactless payment system could lead to fraud

Researchers from Newcastle University have discovered a serious flaw in Visa’s contactless credit cards which could allow attackers to siphon large amounts of money off …

Dyre malware targeting Swiss bank customers

The Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan has lately become very popular with cyber criminals – so much so that the US-CERT has issued an alert warning about the danger. …

Crooks use stolen magnetic payment card info to make fraudulent chip-enabled transactions

The chip and PIN payment card system – or EMV – is considered to be more secure than the magnetic strip one, but it’s also not bulletproof. Nevertheless, US …

Infected ATMs give away millions of dollars without credit cards

Kaspersky Lab performed a forensic investigation into cybercriminal attacks targeting multiple ATMs around the world. During the course of this investigation, researchers …

Making one organization’s incident everyone’s defense

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), an organization focused on sharing critical cyber security threat information worldwide, and The …

JPMorgan attackers altered bank records

The number of US banks that have apparently been targeted and breached by hackers is slowly rising, as newer reports say that seven financial organizations have been hit. …

US switch to chip-and-PIN cards not a panacea for fraud

The massive breach that Target suffered late last year was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back and made the company decide to move to chip-and-PIN card …

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