Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks purporting to be the Central Bank of Russia

guest · Nov 16, 2018

Two hacker groups attacked Russian banks purporting to be the Central Bank of Russia
November 16, 2018
https://www.group-ib.com/media/cbrf-double-attack/

Group-IB, an international company that specializes in the prevention of cyber attacks, has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team.

Group-IB experts have discovered that the attack on 15 November could have been carried out by the hacker group Silence, and the one on 23 October by MoneyTaker. Group-IB considers both cybercriminal groups among the most dangerous to Russian and international financial organisations.

"[...] Hackers from MoneyTaker use all possible attack vectors when targeting banks. For example, they can send spear-phishing emails, carry out a drive-by attack, or test a bank’s network infrastructure for existing vulnerabilities.

Silence, for their part, are less resourceful and use only a tried and tested attack method — phishing emails. Unlike their colleagues, however, they pay closer attention to the content and design of their phishing emails. [...]"
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