2023 Mobile Banking Heists Report
29 malware families targeting 1,800 mobile banking apps – an essential read for those at the forefront of combating threats on the mobile platform.
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Protecting yourself from increasing cyberattacks
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Banking Trojan Kronos reborn
New version rebranded Osiris and is being sold on underground markets.
Infographic: 77 facts about cybercrime one should know in 2018
Data breaches, vulnerable industries, and more.
On-demand webinar: the latest trends in mobile banking malware… and how to fight them
Free webinar exploring the latest and greatest ways leading banks shield themselves against the threats.
Carbanak and Cobalt crime crew caught
Mastermind behind €1 billion cyber bank robbery arrested in Spain.
Using the web to access online banking? Who is protecting the browser side?
To date, there hasn’t been a way to understand if online users are being compromised or to be sure precisely what they are seeing whilst visiting and interacting with a web page. We know that endpoint security and anti-viruses fail and online users can be infected even with all the precautions that they may take. Server-side security is now very mature and excellent progress has been made in that particular field.
Swift warns of second new malware threat
Swift has warned its customers about a newly identified malware found at a “commercial bank”, which it has declined to identify. This latest development follows yesterday’s (12 May) news where Swift rejected the allegations made by Bangladesh Bank and Bangladesh Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials about the first cyber fraud scandal in February. Details […]
Banks warned to brace for the coming storm as Carbanak malware steals $1 billion
Financial institutions are being urged to revisit their cyber-security following revelations that an online gang using the Carbanak malware stole up to $1 billion from banks in 30 countries around the world in a series of highly-sophisticated attacks over the last two years.
Financial institutions and Cybercrime: It’s only just begun
A recent bout of high profile cyber-attacks on financial institutions across the UK, US and Canada has put the spotlight back on the importance of data security and the need to be diligent when it comes to cybersecurity within the banking industry
Banks’ cyber resilience requires ongoing review against escalating threats
The news last month (June) that the Luuuk malware had snared its first victim, an unnamed European bank, has again highlighted the magnitude of the challenge facing the banking sector. While the reported theft of €500,000 during the course of a week certainly does not break any records, the discovery of what is believed to be a variant of the feared Zeus malware, is just the latest in a line of increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks
Why Yahoo’s malware attack is hitting banks hard
At the end of last year, Yahoo was hit by a malware attack. It affected over two million clients, mainly in Romania, Great Britain, France, Italy and Spain, putting their personal data at risk. Upon visiting the website between 27 December and 3 January, users received advertisements, some of which were malicious and infected users’ devices without even a click.
Mobile malware headache looms for security managers
A 400% increase in malware for mobile devices masks a security scene where many of the threats are much as they have been for several years – but where the volume of attacks means that firms should think in terms of when they will be attacked rather than if they will be.
