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Hackers Wield Commoditized Tools to Pop West African Banks
2019-01-21 12:33

Attackers Combine Off-the-Shelf Hacking Tools With Legitimate Admin UtilitiesBanks in West Africa have been targeted by at least four hacking campaigns since mid-2017, with online attackers...

RBS reissues punters with new bank cards after Ticketmaster breach
2019-01-14 16:46

Fresh plastic comes six months after ticket flogger fessed up to Magecart malware infection The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest have issued customers with replacement cards as a result of last...

Former rave kingpin back in jail for bizarre bank heist
2018-12-17 11:20

A former acid house rave kingpin has been sentenced to 20 months for using a bizarre home-built machine to pilfer £500,000 from banking customers.

Eastern European Bank Hackers Wield Malicious Hardware
2018-12-10 13:18

'DarkVishnya' Heists Stole Tens of Millions of Dollars, Kaspersky Lab SaysHackers have been plugging inexpensive hardware into banks' local area networks to help perpetrate heists that have stolen...

Banks Attacked through Malicious Hardware Connected to the Local Network
2018-12-07 16:50

Kaspersky is reporting on a series of bank hacks -- called DarkVishnya -- perpetrated through malicious hardware being surreptitiously installed into the target network: In 2017-2018, Kaspersky...

Google Maps scammers put their own phone numbers onto bank listings
2018-11-27 12:39

Once they get victims on the phone, the crooks get their account PINs and CVV numbers for debit/credit cards and then drain their accounts.

North Korean Hackers Hit Latin American Banks
2018-11-23 15:32

The North Korean hacking group know as Lazarus recently targeted financial institutions in Latin America, Trend Micro security researchers have discovered.  read more

Lazarus 'FASTCash' Bank Hackers Wield AIX Trojan
2018-11-12 11:48

Hackers Exploit Outdated Unix to Deploy Cash-Out Malware, Symantec ReportsHackers behind the FASTCash ATM cash-out attack campaign - tied by the U.S. government to North Korea - employs Trojan...

HSBC Bank Alerts US Customers to Data Breach
2018-11-07 12:03

'Unauthorized Entry' to Some Accounts Exposes Account Details and StatementsHSBC bank is warning its U.S. customers that some of their personal data was compromised in a breach, although it says...

Pakistan: Banks Weren't Hacked, But Card Details Leaked
2018-11-07 11:33

Card Details From 22 Banks Appeared On Underground MarketPakistan says the nation's banks have not been hacked, but are taking defensive steps after nearly 20,000 payment card details appeared for...