DDoS Attacks Pulling Attention Away from Bank Cyberheists

[exfileme]

There's a growing trend of thieves hitting banks with low-level DDoS attacks while taking over their wire transfer switches in the process.

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[house70]

Follow the money trail. It will invariably lead to a stained employee.
We never get to hear the end result of these investigations; the institutions in question just prefer to hide it all under the rug instead of being exposed for what they are and do: hire people with low pay that not only don't give a damn about your money, but also sell their info for a quick and easy buck.

 

[b23h]

I doubt that there is a person on the inside selling information. The FBI's mentions spam and phishing attacks. That means the employees are poorly trained and are sloppy with their day to day security practices.

 

[theblacksails]

As someone that works in IT in a relatively small bank, I can say the phishing and spam is very believable. Many of our users can't tell the difference and when we do social engineering tests every year, inevitably there's always a few that fall for it.

We can put all the security in the world in place but all it takes is one poorly-trained (or just stupid) employee to click the wrong link.

 

[theblacksails]

As someone that works in IT in a relatively small bank, I can say the phishing and spam is very believable. Many of our users can't tell the difference and when we do social engineering tests every year, inevitably there's always a few that fall for it.

We can put all the security in the world in place but all it takes is one poorly-trained (or just stupid) employee to click the wrong link.

 

[BulkZerker]

Do you suppose crime net might be involved?

 

[BulkZerker]

Do you suppose crime net might be involved?