Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A recent incident involving a state-bank cardholder who had VND500 million (US$22,300) in her ATM account withdrawn overnight has become a case study as to whether an OTP, or a one-time password, in Internet banking is really safe. Hoang Thi The…
Pakistan hacker defaced Canara Bank site, tried to block e-payments
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans MUMBAI: Amid frosty relations with Pakistan a hacker from the neighbouring country has attacked Canara BankBSE -1.28 %, one of India’s largest lenders. On August 2, the hacker, who calls himself Faisal, defaced the bank’s site by inserting a malicious The…
Russian gang who exploited hacked bank accounts jailed
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Five members of an international money-laundering gang based in London have been jailed after cops unravelled their malware-enabled conspiracy. The gang, composed exclusively of Russian nationals, was led by a pair of men who were both named Aslan. Aslan Abazov, 30,…
SWIFT Global Bank Messaging System Gets Help Against Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans SWIFT, a messaging system used by banks across the world, announced further steps Monday to bolster its defenses against hackers, after criminals sent fraudulent payment instructions across its network. The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication said it has hired two…
How to hack a bank
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Everyone wants to retire young, rich, and… well, rich. But you need money for that. And lots of it. And no one ever got rich alone. It takes networks, planning, patience and commitment, oodles of guts and a little luck. There’s…
Jim Wells County bank account hacked
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Bad news for Jim Wells County. On Monday morning, the Jim Wells County Sheriff’s Department told County Commissioners that someone hacked into the county’s bank account and stole $5,000. The county is in the process of switching their money to a…
US Central Bank Records Show 50 Cybersecurity Breaches Since 2011
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Over 50 known cybersecurity breaches were detected by the U.S. Federal Reserve between 2011 and 2015, Fed Reserve records have revealed. The United States Federal Reserve, the country’s central bank, has detected over 50 cybersecurity breaches between 2011 and 2015 alone….
When Kim Jong Un Hacks Your Bank
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Investigators believe they’ve found the culprit behind cyberattacks on banks in Asia: Kim Jong Un. Having long used counterfeiting, drug trafficking, gun running and slave labor to gain hard currency, North Korea’s dictator may have pulled off the first state-backed digital…
Phishers targeted my bank account
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans IT’S something you think will never happen to you, and when it does, let me tell you, your blood boils. I’m talking about hackers, fraudsters, phishers, thieves, lowlifes or whatever you want to call them, those dodgy people who somehow obtain…
Swift network bank thefts ‘linked’ to Sony Pictures hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researchers Symantec have found clues in the malware used to hack into international financial messaging network Swift, which suggest a link to the Sony Pictures hack in 2014. At least three banks have reported financial attacks based on the Swift…