A massive computer shutdown of two South Korean banks and media companies occurred Wednesday via an Internet malware attack. The malware wiped out the master boot records on the hard drives of the infected computers, overwriting the MBR with either one of these strings: PRINCPES PR!NCPES HASTATI. Figure 1: Snapshot of MBR after infection. The Read more…
Tags: banks, malware, MBR, media, South Korea, targeted attack, Unix
In June 2012, McAfee® Labs and Guardian Analytics released research on Operation High Roller that scratched the surface of a complex web of automated fraudulent transactions. In a follow-on study released today, we dig into and map out the details on the origins and actors. Placing the data in context shows how mature and creative Read more…
Tags: automated clearing house, banks, China, financial institutions, Guardian Analytics, Operation High Roller, Russia, San Jose, SpyEye, zeus
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