Security News

A year after Bank of Valletta 'cyber heist', cuffs applied as cash-cleansing case continues
2020-01-31 12:04

Nearly a year after Malta's Bank of Valletta yanked itself from the internet amid a "Cyber intrusion", Britain's National Crime Agency has made three arrests. In the hours after the funds arrived, cash withdrawals and card payments were made to the tune of £340k, with money spaffed over London stores such as Harrods and Selfridges, the NCA alleged.

Teenagers today. Can't take them anywhere, eh? 18-year-old kid accused of $50m SIM-swap cryptocurrency heist
2020-01-25 11:34

SIM swapping typically involves crooks tricking cellular network support staff to transfer victims' smartphone numbers to the criminals' own SIMs, and then using those numbers to reset passwords, or get two-factor authentication tokens, via text messages, and ultimately access and drain cryptocoin accounts. Admins using Cisco gear in their networks will want to head over to Switchzilla's security portal and check for applicable updates among the latest batch of 28 patches.

The Great $50M African IP Address Heist
2019-12-11 22:31

A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations in Africa has resigned his post following accusations that he...

Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist
2019-09-26 12:02

Someone's popular! One of the teens behind the 2015 hack on UK telco TalkTalk has been indicted in the US over a huge cryptocurrency heist.…

30+ countries, 160,000 emails, $4.2m in cyber-heists… maybe it's time for the Silence hacker crew to change its name
2019-08-21 05:00

Russian bank-hacking ring continues its global expansion The rapidly growing hacking crew dubbed Silence, has – in less than three years – gone from ransacking small regional banks in Eastern...

Citrix Confirms Password-Spraying Heist of Reams of Internal IP
2019-07-23 20:22

Security experts say the attack stemmed from weak cybersecurity controls.

'Silence' Gang Tied to Bank Heist in Bangladesh: Report
2019-07-03 20:18

Group-IB Says Analysis of Malware Leads to Russian-Speaking GangA recent $3 million bank heist in Bangladesh is likely the handiwork of "Silence," a Russian-speaking gang known for its slow and...

The Modern-Day Heist: IP Theft Techniques That Enable Attackers
2019-06-24 13:00

There's more than one way to get inside a company.

The 2019 Bank Heists Report
2019-03-14 18:18

Carbon Black's Tom Kellermann on Latest Threats to BanksCarbon Black and Optiv have released their 2019 Modern Bank Heists report, which unveils the latest cyber threats to global banking...

Researcher Claims Iranian APT Behind 6TB Data Heist at Citrix
2019-03-11 19:31

IRIDIUM is an APT that uses proprietary techniques to bypass two-factor authentication for critical applications, according to security firm Resecurity.