- Virus alerts
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- October 11th, 2016
New Odinaff Trojan Targeting Banking Sector Linked to Carbanak Gang
Odinaff can be deployed against SWIFT systems as well
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 31st, 2016
More Banks Lose Money via SWIFT Transaction System Heists
SWIFT warns banks of newly discovered cyber-heists
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 24th, 2016
Thai Bank Shuts Down Half of Its ATMs Following $378,000 Heist
Crooks used malware to rob 21 ATMs across Thailand
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 9th, 2016
Bitfinex Bitcoin Trader Elects to Spread Losses from Recent Hack Among All Users
All users will lose 36.067% of their funds
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 2nd, 2016
Bitfinex Bitcoin Trader Announces Breach, $67 Million in User Funds Stolen
No details on the amount of stolen funds
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 19th, 2016
Evidence Links Russian Cyber-Security Firm with Carbanak Malware Operations
Ties to the Citadel banking trojan network also discovered
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 29th, 2016
Hackers Steal $10 Million from Ukrainian Bank via SWIFT System
Sixth bank affected by SWIFT-based hacks
- Incidents
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 17th, 2016
DAO Ether Trading Platform to Shut Down Following Ongoing Cyber-Heist
DAO creator says platform is shutting down
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 20th, 2016
Second Bank Suffers Cyber-Theft via SWIFT, Third One Counters Heist Just in Time
Vietnamese and Ecuadorian banks see SWIFT-based attacks
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 25th, 2016
Second-Hand Switches, No Firewall, Custom Malware Facilitated Bank Cyber-Heist
Poor network configuration allowed the hackers to take full control over the bank's SWIFT payments system
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 18th, 2016
Authorities Say Twenty Foreigners Are Involved in Bangladesh Bank Heist
Investigators are getting closer to the people that robbed Bangladesh's account at the US Federal Reserve bank in NY
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 20th, 2016
New Carbanak Attacks Detected in Early Stages of Infection
Proofpoint researchers prevent bank cyber-heists
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 19th, 2016
Buhtrap Gang Stole $25 Million from 13 Russian Banks
Ukrainian banks were also targeted, but no data is available
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 18th, 2016
Security Researcher Goes Missing After Investigating Bangladesh Bank Cyber-Heist
Researcher was kidnapped two days ago in the city of Dhaka
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- March 11th, 2016
Hackers Botch $1 Billion Bank Heist Because of a Misspelled Word
It's spelled "Foundation" guys, not "Fandation"
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 9th, 2016
Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate Using Malware Bloomberg
Attackers use Corkow trojan to penetrate the bank's network
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- March 6th, 2015
Bank of America Sued over Million Dollar Cyber-Attack at Public Hospital
Bank says no contractual duty or obligation was breached