Two hackers were sentenced to a combined 24 years in U.S. prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions across the globe using the malware SpyEye. The Trojan virus was disguised as legitimate software and subsequently infected more than 50 million computer...
A hybrid Trojan malware is on the loose and has been used in attacks against more than 24 different U.S. and Canadian banks. IBM X-Force Research uncovered the new threat, dubbed GozNym, because it is a combination of Nymaim and Gozi ISFB malware, and believes...
While banks and security companies may be putting up their best efforts to fight off cyberthreats, the infection rates of banking Trojans remain on the rise, ZDNet reported Thursday (Jan. 7). Morten Kjaersgaard, CEO of Danish security company Heimdal, told ZDNet the usage of the...
Mobile financial threats are now among the ranks of the top ten malicious programs that were created to steal money, according to new data from Kaspersky Lab. In its latest security bulletin about the trends in 2015, it dives into what it calls the “rapid...
May 04, 2016
The Russian national behind global banking malware that was responsible for stealing money from bank accounts across the U.S. and Europe was sentenced on Monday (May 2) to the 37 months he has served in custody and to cough up $6.9 million for his crimes. Nikita Kuzmin, who created the “Gozi” malware, pled guilty to […]
April 22, 2016
Two hackers were sentenced to a combined 24 years in U.S. prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions across the globe using the malware SpyEye. The...
April 18, 2016
A hybrid Trojan malware is on the loose and has been used in attacks against more than 24 different U.S. and Canadian banks. IBM X-Force Research uncovered the new threat,...
January 08, 2016
While banks and security companies may be putting up their best efforts to fight off cyberthreats, the infection rates of banking Trojans remain on the rise, ZDNet reported Thursday (Jan....
