Tagged: cyberattacks

November 10, 2026 @ 3:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A cluster of recent banking interruptions has underscored the fragility of both traditional and digital financial systems. In Japan, a significant technical failure briefly halted operations at 128 cooperative banks, locking customers out of everyday services. Parallel challenges in Paraguay and a major cyber incident… Read More

October 29, 2026 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One of Indonesia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Indodax, has temporarily paused deposit and withdrawal services for both Indonesian rupiah and digital assets. The move is a precautionary security response after the platform identified a noticeable increase in attempted cyber intrusions. CEO and co-founder William Sutanto stated… Read More

September 19, 2026 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutional crypto technology firm Haruko has told customers that a targeted intrusion into its own systems reached a limited group of users. The London company supplies portfolio, risk and trade-data tools that sit between hedge funds and the exchanges they use. In messages to clients,… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jack Henry & Associates (Nasdaq: JKHY), a US financial technology firm that supplies core banking platforms and related services to more than 7,200 banks and credit unions, has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that began with a voice-phishing scheme. The company said the event was confined to… Read More

May 30, 2026 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky has indicated in a report that cybercriminals continue to favor low-tech, high-impact methods centered on stealing and misusing credentials. A global analysis from Kaspersky Security Services underscores this reality: in 2025, techniques involving password guessing and the abuse of valid accounts proved among the… Read More

May 13, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a fresh alert on the growing dangers to global financial stability from artificial intelligence. In a blog post dated May 7, 2026, the IMF explains how AI is reshaping both the vulnerabilities and defenses of the financial system…. Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 2:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Recent findings from Kaspersky underscore the persistent and sophisticated nature of digital threats. As organizations and individuals navigate an increasingly connected world, two key reports reveal alarming trends: a notable uptick in malicious email activities throughout 2025 and the discovery of concealed infection pathways in… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Experian released its latest Data Breach Industry Forecast, offering a look at the cyber threat ecosystem. The predictions address how the coming year could bring another new wave of more sophisticated attacks driven by artificial intelligence along with various other threats as well as significant… Read More

August 29, 2025 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an increasingly digital environment, cyber threats are evolving at an alarming pace, targeting vulnerabilities across platforms and regions. Kaspersky, a global enabler of cybersecurity, has recently released reports highlighting a surge in exploits affecting Linux and Windows users, the resurgence of the Russian-speaking ransomware… Read More

August 21, 2025 @ 12:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the landscape of cybersecurity and technology, Kaspersky’s recent reports highlight critical developments in cyber threats and the growing role of artificial intelligence in everyday applications. From sophisticated malware campaigns targeting financial institutions to the resurgence of a notorious backdoor and the underutilized potential of… Read More

July 22, 2025 @ 12:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an escalation of the shadow cyberwar between Israel and Iran, the hacker group Predatory Sparrow, known in Farsi as Gonjeshke Darande, has struck at the core of Iran’s financial infrastructure, targeting its banking sector and cryptocurrency exchanges. This campaign, detailed in a recent Wall… Read More

June 26, 2025 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2025, nearly 8,500 users from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) faced cyberattacks where malicious or unwanted software was disguised as popular online productivity tools, Kaspersky reports. Based on the unique malicious and unwanted files observed, the most common lures included Zoom and Microsoft Office,… Read More

June 15, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

To contribute to global efforts to combat cybercrime, Kaspersky has assisted INTERPOL in its latest operation Secure that focused on disrupting infostealer threat and taking down infrastructure hosting such malware. The operation has brought together law enforcement agencies “from 26 participating countries and INTERPOL’s private… Read More

June 5, 2025 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain ecosystem continues to face significant security challenges, as highlighted by SlowMist’s May 2025 Security Report and their analysis of unrestricted large language models (LLMs) posing new risks to cryptocurrency security. According to the SlowMist Hacked Archive, May 2025 saw Web3 security incidents resulting… Read More

June 1, 2025 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered a new version of the Zanubis mobile banking trojan targeting users in Peru. When Zanubis originally emerged in 2022, it “mimicked PDF readers or Peru government organizations’ apps, and now in 2025 it disguises itself as two… Read More

May 30, 2025 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The majority of industrial organizations estimate their financial losses caused by cyberattacks at “over $1,000,000, while almost one in four report losses exceeding $5,000,000, and for some, it surpasses $10,000,000.” These findings were revealed in a joint study “conducted by Kaspersky and VDC Research.” A… Read More

April 28, 2025 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaspersky’s GReAT team has uncovered a new Lazarus campaign, combining a watering hole attack with the “exploitation of vulnerabilities in third-party software to target organizations in South Korea.” During the research, company experts have also “discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used South Korean… Read More

March 23, 2025 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to the recent Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report, long-lasting attacks, carried out by cybercriminals, that persist for more than a month accounted for 35.2% of the total attacks in 2024. The latest Kaspersky Incident Response analyst report and key insights offer extensive analysis of… Read More

March 19, 2025 @ 1:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On March 14, 2025, Regtech Sumsub, a firm specializing in identity verification and anti-fraud solutions, issued a statement regarding a security incident involving Merkur AG, a prominent German company. At Sumsub, they claim that security is their top priority, and they take all reports of… Read More

March 13, 2025 @ 7:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Valid accounts are increasingly being leveraged as an initial attack vector and as part of cyberattacks in 2024, representing 31.4% of cases. This, according to a cybersecurity update from Kapersky. Public-facing apps still hold the top position “with 39.2% of cases.” These research findings were… Read More