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Attention! FluBot Android Banking Malware Spreads Quickly Across Europe
2021-04-28 06:36

Attention, Android users! A banking malware capable of stealing sensitive information is "Spreading rapidly" across Europe, with the U.S. likely to be the next target. FluBot, a nascent entry in the banking trojan landscape, began its operations late last year, with campaigns leveraging the malware infecting more than 60,000 users in Spain, according to an analysis published by Proactive Defence Against Future Threats in March 2021.

IcedID Banking Trojan Surges: The New Emotet?
2021-04-08 20:00

The banking trojan known as IcedID appears to be taking the place of the recently disrupted Emotet trojan, according to researchers. IcedID, bears similarities to Emotet in that it's a modular malware that started life as a banking trojan used to steal financial information.

Experts uncover a new Banking Trojan targeting Latin American users
2021-04-06 22:38

Researchers on Tuesday revealed details of a new banking trojan targeting corporate users in Brazil at least since 2019 across various sectors such as engineering, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, finance, transportation, and government. "These pop-ups contain fake forms, aiming to trick the malware's victims into entering their banking credentials and personal information that the malware captures and exfiltrates to its servers," ESET researchers Facundo Muñoz and Matías Porolli said in a write-up.

Cloudentity partners with Okta to deliver zero trust authorization for open banking services
2021-04-01 00:00

Cloudentity and Okta are delivering on the promise of zero trust authorization for open banking services. Open banking enables customers, partners and employees to access applications, data and services regardless of their location, device or network.

BP Chargemaster's Pulse rebrand let crims send IcedID banking trojan from formerly legit mailboxes
2021-03-25 10:15

BP Chargemaster, purveyors of sockets for electric vehicles, seemingly had its email domain hijacked by criminals who used formerly legitimate addresses to send banking trojans to customers. Register reader Matt received some emails from BP Chargemaster which he was certain didn't come from the company.

Details of a Computer Banking Scam
2021-03-22 11:15

This is a longish video that describes a profitable computer banking scam that’s run out of call centers in places like India. There’s a lot of fluff about glitterbombs and the like, but the...

Metamorfo Banking Trojan Abuses AutoHotKey to Avoid Detection
2021-03-12 17:21

The Metamorfo banking trojan is abusing AutoHotKey and the AHK compiler to evade detection and steal users' information, researchers have warned. One is a purported request to download a password-protected file; and the other is an elaborate spoofed notification about pending legal documents, with a link that downloads a.ZIP file.

European Banking Authority restores email service in wake of Microsoft Exchange hack
2021-03-09 13:58

The European Banking Authority has confirmed it is another victim on the list of organisations affected by vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange. The EBA hurriedly pulled its email servers offline over the weekend as it realised that it was among the ranks of those hit by flaws in Microsoft Exchange being targeted by miscreants.

Microsoft Exchange Hackers Also Breached European Banking Authority
2021-03-09 00:57

The European Banking Authority on Sunday said it had been a victim of a cyberattack targeting its Microsoft Exchange Servers, forcing it to temporarily take its email systems offline as a precautionary measure. "As the vulnerability is related to the EBA's email servers, access to personal data through emails held on that servers may have been obtained by the attacker," the Paris-based regulatory agency said.

European Banking Authority discloses Exchange server hack
2021-03-08 16:05

The European Banking Authority took down all email systems after their Microsoft Exchange Servers were hacked as part of the ongoing attacks targeting organizations worldwide. Last week, Microsoft patched multiple zero-day vulnerabilities affecting on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server and exploited in ongoing attacks coordinated by multiple state-sponsored hacking groups.