Cobalt Hackers Now Targeting Banks Directly

  • 21 November 2017
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By Ionut Arghire on November 21, 2017
 
The notorious Cobalt hackers have shown a change in tactics recently, switching their attacks to targeting banks themselves, instead of bank customers, Trend Micro reports.
 
Newly observed attacks appear to be part of a larger campaign that started in June and July with the targeting of Russian-speaking businesses. The techniques used are consistent with those associated with the Cobalt hacking group, but new infection chains were observed in recent incidents that targeted the bank’s employees.
 
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Let's hope the banks are to snuff on their security...............they will need it

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