banking – Martijn Grooten

Phishing campaign has an extra payload for business networks

Martijn — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:00:11 +0000

A new malicious spam campaign that has been targeting Internet users in the U.K. serves as an important example of how banking malware targets business as well as home users.
Read more on Payment Source. (Note: subscription wall.)

GDPR tool for helping consumers exposes hurdles as well

Martijn — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:00:51 +0000

The GDPR doesn’t mandate how data requests should be made, but it does say that organizations handling personal data should be prepared to handle the requests. One would be right to wonder whether companies are as prepared as they should be.
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Polish banks targeted by attackers who hijack customer sessions

Martijn — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 09:48:29 +0000

Rather than hooking into the browser process, BackSwap takes the place of the user and enters the same commands into the browser that a user would if they wanted to hack themselves.
Read more on Payment Source. (Note: subscription wall.)

MnuBot banking trojan communicates via SQL server

Martijn — Wed, 30 May 2018 09:34:55 +0000

Researchers at IBM X-Force have discovered MnuBot, a banking trojan targeting users in Brazil, which is noteworthy for using SQL Server for command and control communication.
Read more on Virus Bulletin’s blog.

New malware freezes user's device in account takeover scheme

Martijn — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:41:05 +0000

The one thing more valuable to consumers than their bank accounts might be their internet access — and a new version of the ‘Trickbot’ trojan targets both.
Read more on Payment Source. (Note: subscription wall.)