- May 7, 2016
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At a financial conference in Frankfurt, Thursday, SWIFT's chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt told the audience that the $81 million theft from the Bangladesh central bank's New York account "was from our perspective a customer fraud." He added, "I don’t think it was the first, I don’t think it will be the last."
On the same day the New York Times reported that it had seen a letter SWIFT plans to share with its users today "on a secure part of its website." This letter warns of a second breach that has manipulated the SWIFT network.
The attack was apparently on an unnamed commercial bank in Vietman, and occurred at some point during the last few months.
SWIFT warns that the second breach has similarities to the the Bangladesh theft, and appears to be part of a broad attack against world banking. “The attackers clearly exhibit a deep and sophisticated knowledge of specific operation controls within the targeted banks — knowledge that may have been gained from malicious insiders or cyberattacks, or a combination of both,” warns the letter.
Researchers from BAE Systems in April said they found what was assumed to be the malware used in the Bangladesh Central Bank hack after malware samples were uploaded to repositories.
According to a report released today by BAE Systems, the malware used in the Bangladesh Central Bank theft could be be linked to other cyberattacks, including the massive attack against Sony Pictures in 2014. BAE detailed the toolkit used in a report on Op Blockbuster, which the company released this past February to unravel what is known about the Sony attack.
BAE has said that a commercial bank in Vietnam also appears to have been targeted in a similar fashion using customer malware based off a common code-base.
According to BAE, the developers exclusively use a Visual C++ 6.0 development environment.
Read Full Story:Second SWIFT Attack Hits Vietnam Bank Showing Links to Sony Hack | SecurityWeek.Com
On the same day the New York Times reported that it had seen a letter SWIFT plans to share with its users today "on a secure part of its website." This letter warns of a second breach that has manipulated the SWIFT network.
The attack was apparently on an unnamed commercial bank in Vietman, and occurred at some point during the last few months.
SWIFT warns that the second breach has similarities to the the Bangladesh theft, and appears to be part of a broad attack against world banking. “The attackers clearly exhibit a deep and sophisticated knowledge of specific operation controls within the targeted banks — knowledge that may have been gained from malicious insiders or cyberattacks, or a combination of both,” warns the letter.
Researchers from BAE Systems in April said they found what was assumed to be the malware used in the Bangladesh Central Bank hack after malware samples were uploaded to repositories.
According to a report released today by BAE Systems, the malware used in the Bangladesh Central Bank theft could be be linked to other cyberattacks, including the massive attack against Sony Pictures in 2014. BAE detailed the toolkit used in a report on Op Blockbuster, which the company released this past February to unravel what is known about the Sony attack.
BAE has said that a commercial bank in Vietnam also appears to have been targeted in a similar fashion using customer malware based off a common code-base.
According to BAE, the developers exclusively use a Visual C++ 6.0 development environment.
Read Full Story:Second SWIFT Attack Hits Vietnam Bank Showing Links to Sony Hack | SecurityWeek.Com
