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Shared malware code links SWIFT-related breaches at banks and North Korean hackers

Network World

Malware links suggest that North Korean hackers might be behind recent attacks against several Asian banks, including the theft of US$81 million from the Bangladesh central bank earlier this year. The same malware was also previously linked to an attempted theft of $1 million from Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam.

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

GeekWire

He previously worked at Nike, Symantec and The Regence Group. Maheshwary previously worked at Amazon as programs lead for underserved populations and special projects and was a Fulbright fellow with the U.S. Natalie Steck (Silicon Valley Bank Photo). Department of State in Malaysia.

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Top 10 Most-Destructive Computer Viruses

Galido

While previous malware programs may have caused secondary physical problems, Stuxnet was unique in that it targeted software that controls industrial systems. Among its list of victims: Bank of America’s ATMs, a 911 emergency response system in Washington State, and perhaps most disturbingly, a nuclear plant in Ohio.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

Then we've seen all these big waves after that banking Trojans, credit card keyloggers botnet building have clearly for the last eight years now, Ransom ransomware in various different incarnate incarnations has been the big moneymaker. For example, in Finland, we've seen the largest banks and the Ministry of Defense getting attacked.

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The Hacker Mind: Follow The Rabbit

ForAllSecure

And I remember calling Symantec and reporting a serious bug in an early version of their password manager. ” But when we switched out a programming language from Python three to C sharp, we found out that that C sharp notebook actually runs us with privileges, not the local privilege Cosmos user. So we did just that.