Nedbank
February 13, 2020
•[ leak, finance ]
Nedbank discloses a security incident that impacts the personal details of 1.7 million users. The bank says the breach occurred at Computer Facilities (Pty) Ltd, a South African company the bank was using to send out marketing and promotional campaigns.
Undisclosed Canadian insurance company
January 30, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
A Canadian insurance company paid nearly $1 million USD (about $1.3 million CAD) following a ransomware attack.
Laurentian Bank
January 28, 2020
•[ financial, hack, malware ]
Police investigate after thieves hack three banking machines in the greater Montreal area, making off with an estimated $55,000.
Citibank customers
January 21, 2020
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
Researchers discover a new Citibank phishing scam that utilizes a convincing domain name, TLS certs, and even requests OTP codes that could easily trick their victims.
Oman United Insurance
January 19, 2020
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Oman United Insurance, one among the largest insurers in the country discloses a "ransomware attack" on the company's data centre early this month.
P&N Bank
January 15, 2020
•[ hack, misconfiguration, finance ]
P&N Bank in Western Australia informs its customers that hackers may have accessed personal information stored on its systems following a cyber attack on December 12, during an upgrade at a third-party hosting company.
ADP Users
January 17, 2020
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
In proximity of the tax season, cybercriminals launch a phishing campaign targeting some ADP users.
Unknown Organization
January 4, 2020
•[ hack, finance ]
For the same reason, a group of Iranian hackers dubbed "Shield Iran" defaces the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank.
Travelex
December 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Travelex is forced to take down its website after a ransomware attack.
Poloniex
December 30, 2019
•[ finance, leak ]
The Poloniex Exchange forces a password reset after someone leaked a list of email addresses and passwords on Twitter.
Andrew Agencies
December 18, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, finance ]
Andrew Agencies is another victim of the Maze Ransomware with allegedly 245 computers encrypted during a cyberattack in October.
Financial institutions in Ethiopia
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, ddos, finance ]
The Ethiopia Information Network Security Agency (INSA) reveals that a cyber attack directed at financial institutions in the country forced the agency to disconnect the Internet in the country for up to 20 minutes.
Turkish users
December 11, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
Researchers from Group-IB reveal that details for 463,378 Turkish payment cards are currently being sold online on Joker's Stash. Javascript skimmers are suspect number one.
Institutions from the financial services
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The Department of Homeland Security alerts institutions from the financial services sector of risks stemming from ongoing Dridex malware attacks.
Keybase
December 13, 2019
•[ financial, misconfiguration, finance ]
Keybase announces the closure of its free Lumens (XLM) cryptocurrency drop scheme due to an influx of spam accounts.
Chinese venture capital firm
December 5, 2019
•[ financial, phishing, finance ]
Researchers from Check Point reveal the case of a Chinese venture capital firm, losing one million USD after falling victim of a BEC scam during a deal with an Israeli Startup.
Upbit
November 29, 2019
•[ financial, finance ]
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit informs customers that a cyberattack has led to the theft of $48.5 million in cryptocurrency (342,000 in Ethereum).
Edenred
November 21, 2019
•[ hack, malware, finance ]
Payment solutions giant Edenred reveals in a statement that a malware incident affected an undisclosed number of its computing systems.
Monero
November 18, 2019
•[ financial, malware, finance ]
The official website of the Monero cryptocurrency is compromised to deliver a malware-infected file that steals funds from account owners.
Cayman National Bank (Isle of Man) Limited
November 18, 2019
•[ hack, finance ]
The Cayman National Bank (Isle of Man) Limited confirms to have been hacked by Phineas Fisher back in 2016
