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The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. The evolution of tech necessitates stronger cybersecurity. Financial information is appealing to hackers trying to steal identities and commit fraud. These bad actors…
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The three global investment firms are considering investing in a joint venture with Intel to build Intel’s new Ireland-based semiconductor fabrication plant, part of a worldwide effort by Intel to become a global semiconductor manufacturing powerhouse. Several major investment companies are considering investing billions of dollars with Intel to help build that company’s new Ireland…
Read MoreUnderstanding the factors influencing cybercriminal behavior is essential for developing effective cybercrime prevention strategies. Rationality plays a significant role in shaping criminal decisions, particularly through the lens of the rational actor model and deterrence theory. This blog explores how rationality influences cybercriminal behavior, focusing on the rational actor model, the concepts of deterrence theory, their…
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Shellshock can take advantage of HTTP headers as well as other mechanisms to enable unauthorized access to the underlying system shell, Bash. The Shellshock attack takes advantage of a flaw in Bash that enables attackers to execute remote commands that would ordinarily be blocked. It’s been rated the highest risk possible because remote command execution…
Read MoreDyre is one of the most sophisticated banking and commercial malware agents in the wild. This trojan uses fake login pages, server-side webinjects, and modular architecture to adapt to the victim. This in-depth report looks at the entire fraud flow and its capabilities. Dyre is a relatively new banking Trojan, first seen in the…
Read MoreSlave is financial malware written in Visual Basic. Since 2015 it has evolved from relatively simple IBAN swapping of destination bank account numbers to stealthy browser infection, function hooking, and unique webinjects. Slave conducts its attack by hooking the Internet browser functions and manipulating their code for various fraudulent activities. This manipulation can be…
Read MoreWebinject attacks modify webpages to allow fraudsters to collect credentials, or act more directly against user accounts. The newsidron.com script injection serves as a good example of how these attacks are conducted, detected, and ultimately stopped. A Trojan is a piece of malware that appears to the user to perform a desirable function, but…
Read MoreFake Pages An attack vector that strongly identified the Dyre malware is massively used now by Dridex authors. To accomplish that, the latest uses the same old “redirection” technique. The malware part that resides inside the browser implementation (“Man-in-the-Browser”) is able to intercept the browser’s requests sent to any domain and redirect them to the…
Read MoreMore Complexity to Come The profession of webinject crafting is being reflected in Trojan campaigns against banks. We can only guess whether the resemblance between the webinjects is a result of a cooperation or of both fraudsters buying webinjects from the same third party. Either way, a great deal of fraud business logic is now…
Read MoreDistributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a common attack method used by hacker groups and individuals to severely hamper or shut down an organization’s online services, causing both monetary and reputation losses. While DDoS attacks have been common since the late 2000s, attack sizes have increased significantly in the past few years. Our new normal…
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