February 17, 2015

Hackers in Eastern Europe are bleeding banks dry, stealing as much as $1 billion from more than 100 financial institutions in a string of attacks that borrow heavily from targeted attacks against sensitive government and industrial targets.

Unlike most attacks against banks where fraud is the No. 1 means of stealing from customer accounts, the Carbanak gang targets banks directly.
 


The attacks date back two years and as many as 100 banks have been in the crosshairs of the Carbanak gang, as well as e-payment systems and other organizations in as many as 30 countries.

More details are found at:

https://threatpost.com/carbanak-ring-steals-1-billion-from-banks/111054

The full report is found at:

http://securelist.com/blog/research/68732/the-great-bank-robbery-the-carbanak-apt/