Carbanak still active, latest cyber-bank heist took months to carry out

guest · Jun 5, 2019

Carbanak still active, latest cyber-bank heist took months to carry out
June 5, 2019
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/carban...-bank-heist-took-months-carry/article/1586531

Despite arrest being made, the Carbanak cybercriminal group appears to in action, according to a new report published by Bitdefender.

The company’s forensic investigations found that while the leader of the group was apprehended in Alicante, Spain, earleri this year, this has not "made a dent in the cyber-criminal organisation, as subsequent spear-phishing campaigns seem to have been reported from March until May 2018".

Researchers said that their investigations showed that the attackers’ main methods remain to quietly infiltrate the infrastructure by establishing a foothold on an employee’s system, then move laterally across the infrastructure or elevate privileges to find critical systems that manage financial transactions or ATM networks.

"They could have also been able to reset the cash-out limit on ATMs, using a predetermined/preauthorised card. This way, money mules could have extracted the same amount over and over, without the ATMs reporting any transactions to the ban," said researchers.
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