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World’s largest commercial bank ICBC confirms ransomware attack
2023-11-09 19:52

Image: Adrian Grycuk/CC BY-SA 3.0 PL. Update November 10, 06:49 EST: The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China confirmed its services were disrupted by a ransomware attack that impacted its systems on Wednesday, November 8. "On November 8, 2023, U.S. Eastern Time, ICBC Financial Services experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in disruption to certain FS systems. Immediately upon discovering the incident, ICBC FS disconnected and isolated impacted systems to contain the incident," said the bank.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China hit by ransomware attack
2023-11-09 19:52

Image: Adrian Grycuk/CC BY-SA 3.0 PL. The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China is restoring systems and services following a ransomware attack that disrupted the U.S. Treasury market, causing equities clearing issues."ICBC is currently unable to connect to DTCC/NSCC. This issue is impacting all of ICBC's clearing customers," says an emergency notice issued to equity traders and shared by security research group vx-underground.

FTC orders non-bank financial firms to report breaches in 30 days
2023-10-30 19:57

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has amended the Safeguards Rules, mandating that all non-banking financial institutions report data breach incidents within 30 days. "The addition of this disclosure requirement to the Safeguards Rule should provide companies with additional incentive to safeguard consumers' data."

Third Flagstar Bank data breach since 2021 affects 800,000 customers
2023-10-08 14:07

Flagstar Bank is warning that over 800,000 US customers had their personal information stolen by cybercriminals due to a breach at a third-party service provider. A data breach notification sent to impacted customers explains that Flagstar was indirectly impacted by Fiserv, a vendor it uses for payment processing and mobile banking services.

Xenomorph Android malware now targets U.S. banks and crypto wallets
2023-09-25 15:16

Security researchers discovered a new campaign that distributes a new version of the Xenomorph malware to Android users in the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium. In December 2022, the same analysts reported about a new malware distribution platform dubbed "Zombinder," which embedded the threat into legitimate Android apps' APK file.

New Variant of Banking Trojan BBTok Targets Over 40 Latin American Banks
2023-09-22 14:48

An active malware campaign targeting Latin America is dispensing a new variant of a banking trojan called BBTok, particularly users in Brazil and Mexico. "The BBTok banker has a dedicated...

Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims
2023-09-20 05:45

Singapore officials announced on Monday that next month they will deliver a consultation paper detailing a split liability scheme that will mean both consumers and banks are on the hook for financial losses flowing from scams. "There are some views that banks can easily absorb losses arising from individual scam cases. However, full restitution without due consideration of culpability is neither fair nor desirable," he told Parliament on Monday.

Strong compliance management is crucial for fintech-bank partnerships
2023-09-20 03:00

Bank-fintech partnerships continue to rise as financial institutions look to streamline operations, improve customer experiences, drive profitability, and manage risk and compliance efforts. The guidance promotes standardization for assessing third-party risk and describes sound risk management principles when developing and implementing third-party risk management practices.

Uncle Sam warns deepfakes are coming for your brand and bank account
2023-09-13 18:30

No, your CEO is not on Teams asking you to transfer money Deepfakes are coming for your brand, bank accounts, and corporate IP, according to a warning from US law enforcement and cyber agencies.…

Classiscam fraud-as-a-service expands, now targets banks and 251 brands
2023-08-31 08:00

Group-IB has published new information on the operation today, reporting that Classiscam has made $64.5 million in combined earnings from scamming users of classifieds sites and stealing their money and payment card details. The number of targeted brands has also grown from 169 brands last year to 251 this year, and there are now 393 criminal gangs targeting users in 79 countries, coordinating in one of the operation's 1,366 Telegram channels.