Late last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28, and believed to be backed by the Russian government) had compromised “hundreds of thousands” of home and office routers through malware known as VPNFilter in order to collect information
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Oracle’s MICROS Point of Sale Division Hacked
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
KrebsonSecurity has reported that the Russian organized cybercrime group dubbed the Carbanak Gang, which in the past has been suspected of stealing more than $1 billion from banks, retailers and hotels and restaurants worldwide, may have breached “hundreds of computer systems” at Oracle Corp’s MICROS division.
It is further reported that Oracle’s MICROS division is…
European authorities arrest alleged banking malware developers
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Law enforcement authorities have announced the arrest of two individuals-one a Russian national and the other Moldovan, both of whom are alleged to have developed and implemented banking malware known as Citadel and Dridex. The sophisticated malware are reported to have been used to steal millions of dollars from U.S. financial institutions. They are awaiting…