Russia, USA, Germany, China, Ukraine, Canada, Taiwan, Hong-Kong, United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, India, France, Poland, Pakistan, Nepal, Morocco, The Czech Republic, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Australia, Iceland, Brazil
Social engineering
Exploits
Stealing money
Surveillance
First ever criminal APT
Carbanak cybergang was able to steal $1bn from 100 financial institutions worldwide
The plot marks the beginning of a new stage in the evolution of cybercriminal activity, where malicious users steal money directly from banks, and avoid targeting end users.
The largest sums were grabbed by hacking into banks and stealing up to ten million dollars in each raid.
Financial institutions
Responsibility for the robbery rests with a multinational gang of cybercriminals from Russia, Ukraine and other parts of Europe, as well as from China.
The blog post and research paper are available atSecurelist.com The open IOC file is availablehere
