The banking Trojan TrickBot is evolving fast, according to researchers, and within weeks will expand its victim list and attack scope.
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Nymaim Dropper Updates Delivery, Obfuscation Methods
A variant of the Nymaim dropper has surfaced, and it includes new delivery methods, obfuscation techniques, and the use of PowerShell to download payloads.
Neverquest Trojan Gets Big Summer Update
Developers behind Neverquest have had a busy summer adding new features to the potent Trojan.
New Brazilian Banking Trojan Uses Windows PowerShell Utility
A new sophisticated banking Trojan targeting Brazilians via a malicious .PIF file that changes browser proxy settings.
Russia arrests 50 hackers who stole $25 million from Banks
Russian authorities have arrested a gang of 50 hackers suspected of stealing more than 1.7 Billion Rubles (over US$25 Million) from banks and other financial institutions in the country since 2011.
The same criminal gang had tried to steal a further 2.273 Billion Roubles by issuing false payment instructions, but that were blocked.
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The group allegedly used a Trojan called “
Creators of SpyEye Virus Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison
In Brief
Two International hackers, Aleksandr Andreevich Panin and Hamza Bendelladj, have been sentenced to a combined 24 years and 6 months in prison for their roles in developing and distributing SpyEye banking trojan, a powerful botnet similar to the infamous ZeuS malware.
Both hackers were charged with stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from banking institutions worldwide.
ZeuS Banking Trojan Resurfaces As Atmos Variant
Atmos banking malware has perilous pedigree that includes Citadel and ZeuS.
Russian Hackers Manipulate Ruble-Dollar Exchange Rate with Malware
Russian Group of Hackers reportedly cracked into the Kazan-based Energobank and messed up with the Ruble-Dollar exchange rates.
In Feb 2015, a hacking group, known by the name METEL, successfully breached into the Russian Regional Bank for just 14 minutes and caused the exchange rate to fluctuate between 55 and 66 rubles per dollar, which finally resulted in the increment of Ruble’s value.
Hackers behind Dyre Malware Busted in Police Raid
The world’s most notorious financial hacking operation disrupted by Russian authorities in November, when they raided the offices associated with a Moscow-based film and production company named 25th Floor.
According to the Russian authorities, 25th Floor was allegedly involved in distributing the notorious password-stealing malware known as Dyre Banking Trojan.
Malware Costs Hundreds
Someone Hijacks Botnet Network & Replaces Malware with an Antivirus
The Dridex banking trojan that is widely being used by cyber criminals to distribute malware onto users’ machines has now been found distributing a security software.
A portion of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked or compromised by an unknown Whitehat Hacker, who replaced the malicious links with Avira Antivirus installers.
What is Dridex Banking Trojan? How it Works
