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Truist Bank confirms breach after stolen data shows up on hacking forum

Truist Bank, a leading U.S. commercial bank, confirmed this week that its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company's data for sale on a hacking forum.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 13, 2024
- 07:17 PM
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ShinyHunters claims Santander breach, selling data for 30M customers

A threat actor known as ShinyHunters is claiming to be selling a massive trove of Santander Bank data, including information for 30 million customers, employees, and bank account data, two weeks after the bank reported a data breach.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 31, 2024
- 11:47 AM
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Banco Santander warns of a data breach exposing customer info

Banco Santander S.A. announced it suffered a data breach impacting customers after an unauthorized actor accessed a database hosted by one of its third-party service providers.
- Bill Toulas
- May 15, 2024
- 10:11 AM
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Visa warns of new JSOutProx malware variant targeting financial orgs

Visa is warning about a spike in detections for a new version of the JsOutProx malware targeting financial institutions and their customers.
- Bill Toulas
- April 04, 2024
- 03:29 PM
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LabHost cybercrime service lets anyone phish Canadian bank users

The Phishing as a Service (PhaaS) platform 'LabHost' has been helping cybercriminals target North American banks, particularly financial institutes in Canada, causing a notable increase in activity.
- Bill Toulas
- February 27, 2024
- 02:19 PM
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World’s largest commercial bank ICBC confirms ransomware attack

The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is restoring systems and services following a ransomware attack that disrupted the U.S. Treasury market, causing equities clearing issues.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 09, 2023
- 02:52 PM
- 1
Russian state-owned Sberbank hit by 1 million RPS DDoS attack

Russian financial organization Sberbank states in a press release that two weeks ago it faced the most powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in recent history.
- Bill Toulas
- November 08, 2023
- 01:14 PM
- 2
Third Flagstar Bank data breach since 2021 affects 800,000 customers

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.
- Bill Toulas
- October 08, 2023
- 10:07 AM
- 1
Deutsche Bank confirms provider breach exposed customer data

Deutsche Bank AG has confirmed to BleepingComputer that a data breach on one of its service providers has exposed its customers' data in a likely MOVEit Transfer data-theft attack.
- Bill Toulas
- July 11, 2023
- 11:51 AM
- 0
Ukrainian hackers take down service provider for Russian banks

A group of Ukrainian hackers known as the Cyber.Anarchy.Squad claimed an attack that took down Russian telecom provider Infotel JSC on Thursday evening.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 09, 2023
- 06:06 PM
- 3
‘Operation Magalenha’ targets credentials of 30 Portuguese banks

A Brazilian hacking group has been targeting thirty Portuguese government and private financial institutions since 2021 in a malicious campaign called 'Operation Magalenha.'
- Bill Toulas
- May 25, 2023
- 07:00 AM
- 0
Major UK banks including Lloyds, Halifax, TSB hit by outages

Websites and mobile apps of Lloyds Bank, Halifax, TSB Bank, and Bank of Scotland have experienced web and mobile app outages today leaving customers unable to access their account balances and information.
- Ax Sharma
- April 28, 2023
- 04:48 AM
- 1
FakeCalls Android malware returns with new ways to hide on phones

Android malware 'FakeCalls' is circulating again in South Korea, imitating phone calls for over 20 financial organizations and attempting to fool targets into giving away their credit card details.
- Bill Toulas
- March 16, 2023
- 03:36 PM
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Xenomorph Android malware now steals data from 400 banks

The Xenomorph Android malware has released a new version that adds significant capabilities to conduct malicious attacks, including a new automated transfer system (ATS) framework and the ability to steal credentials for 400 banks.
- Bill Toulas
- March 10, 2023
- 05:24 AM
- 0
Bluebottle hackers used signed Windows driver in attacks on banks

A signed Windows driver has been used in attacks on banks in French-speaking countries, likely from a threat actor that stole more than $11 million from various banks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 05, 2023
- 07:00 AM
- 1
Ukraine shuts down fraudulent call center claiming 18,000 victims

A group of imposters operating out of a Ukrainian call center defrauded thousands of victims while pretending to be IT security employees at their banks and leading them to believe that attackers had gained access to their bank accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2022
- 05:19 PM
- 3
GodFather Android malware targets 400 banks, crypto exchanges

An Android banking malware named 'Godfather' has been targeting users in 16 countries, attempting to steal account credentials for over 400 online banking sites and cryptocurrency exchanges.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2022
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Massive DDoS attack takes Russia’s second-largest bank VTB offline

Russia's second-largest financial institution VTB Bank says it is facing the worse cyberattack in its history after its website and mobile apps were taken offline due to an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.
- Bill Toulas
- December 06, 2022
- 10:11 AM
- 0
OPERA1ER hackers steal over $11 million from banks and telcos

A threat group that researchers call OPERA1ER has stolen at least $11 million from banks and telecommunication service providers in Africa using off-the-shelf hacking tools.
- Bill Toulas
- November 03, 2022
- 11:14 AM
- 0
Chase UK's app-only bank hit with 24-hour ongoing outage

Chase UK's ongoing outage has been impacting British customers with a mobile-based current account for well over 24 hours.
- Ax Sharma
- October 05, 2022
- 01:59 PM
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