north korea North Korea may be hacking banks across the world

[Reefa]

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North Korea, allegedly behind the Sony Pictures cyberattack and more, could be behind a series of bank hacks across the globe resulting in tens of millions of lost dollars. Researchers with Symantec cite a recent trio of attacks that involved rare code seen in both the Sony cyberattack and earlier attacks against companies — including banks — in South Korea and the US. Assuming North Korea is behind the attacks, it would be a worrisome and exceedingly rare instance in which a nation-state is hacking global banks to steal money.

 

Some of these banks have been especially hard hit. Bangladesh’s central bank, for example, saw hackers steal a massive $81 million. The cybersecurity company Mandiant, which is working with Bangladesh’s bank to investigate the theft, recently told Reuters the responsible hackers are also behind bank thefts throughout SE Asia.

 

Joining that report is a blog post from Symantec in which it says it has ‘found evidence’ linking that $81 million theft to a different attempt at stealing more than $1 million from Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank. The researchers go into details about their own analysis, pointing toward the SWIFT payments network and the series of fraudulent transactions being used to steal money from banks. These fraudulent SWIFT transactions also led to Ecuador’s Banco del Austro losing $12 million.

 

Researchers with Symantec say they’ve found three varieties of malware that have been used in SE Asia bank attacks: Backdoor.Contopee, Backdoor.Fimlis, and Backdoor.Fimlis.B. Some code was shared with Trojan.Banswift, which was used in the attack against the Bangladesh bank, as well. Within in that trojan, researchers found what they say is ‘a distinct file wiping code.’

 

When looking for other malware with the same control bytes combination, the team was taken back to an early version of the aforementioned malware Backdoor.Contopee, which is tied back to the Bangladesh attack. “Symantec believes … these tools can be attributed to the same group,” the company said.

 

Backdoor.Contopee, says Symantec, was formerly used by hackers who themselves are “associated” with Lazarus, a collective behind cyberattacks that primarily focus on South Korea and the United States. Lazarus, then, is linked back to Backdoor.Destover, the malware used against Sony Pictures ahead of The Interview’s theatrical release (a movie that mocks the North Korean dictator while simultaneously showing citizens overthrowing the government, in case you’ve forgotten). And, as Symantec points out, the FBI’s investigation lead to them blaming North Korea as the source of the Sony attack.

 

Speaking to the New York Times, Symantec researcher Eric Chien said: “If you believe North Korea was behind those attacks, then the bank attacks were also the work of North Korea. We’ve never seen an attack where a nation-state has gone in and stolen money."

 

In light of its research, Symantec has advised that “banks and other financial institutions should remain vigilant." The SWIFT payment system, it should be noted, is used by more than 11,000 organizations and banks around the world.

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[pc71520]

North Korea has been presented as the Evil  state

by the Western-societies Media. 

 

However, bankers are Not  angels , too...

[Karabasas]

3 minutes ago, pc71520 said:

North Korea has been presented as the Evil  state

by the Western-societies Media. 

 

However, bankers are Not  angels , too...

 

Agree, but "porky" is doing so in order to make few $$$ so his elite, not people would live better

[dMog]

apparently it is only bad when America  does real or imagined  stuff on the net .... all other countries get a free pass???

[Karabasas]

7 minutes ago, dMog said:

apparently it is only bad when America  does real or imagined  stuff on the net .... all other countries get a free pass???

 

Money, money, money...

It is needed and hated tool of any trade or business, it also is fuel for the greed and corruption...

occasionally state sponsored piracy is making impact of such system, profiteering own elite and victimizing every human (slave to the system) and monetary system...

[steven36]

1 hour ago, dMog said:

apparently it is only bad when America  does real or imagined  stuff on the net .... all other countries get a free pass???

They will figure it out one day after its too late  , Most of the people who put down America  are strong supporters of American corporations , Like Microsoft , Google  and Facebook  all known Prism actors  they will all be on Windows using Google Chrome talking too there friends on Facebook it makes them nothing more than mere Hippocrates even after Snownden gave them a warning ..

 

That's one thing i despise  about the internet is all the hate  it's borderline racism and they dont even practice what they preach witch makes what they say meaningless  they just want to point fingers  I dont see them packing up and going to North Korea 

 

if they were there they would even  be on this site talking to us  because North Korea has very limited internet for there normal citizens, How many people have you ever talked too from North Korea?   What i seen about the inside of North Korea was mostly  on Vice  and it dont look like nowhere  i want too live. But there is  people from everywhere who lives in America the great melting pot..  Why dont they move to someplace ruled by a dictator if the dont like America ?  Maybe they do and thats why they side with them.

[flitox]

hopefully in the cashless society that is coming, for our own safety they say, these things will not happened anymore

[steven36]

23 minutes ago, flitox said:

hopefully in the cashless society that is coming, for our own safety they say, these things will not happened anymore

People are dreamers crime goes back  further than money ..This dont stop people from knocking you in the head and taking what  you have ..money it's self is nothing but paper and metals  its what money buys that makes it of any worth ..And people would  still take what you have if they dont have it.

 

Before money people just used what they had as Money and traded with each other witch was just as good as money ...So they going to take what you have too?  its only what you have thats really of any value.  My grandparents and  my descendents back  before them  raised food and livestock  to live . People today thinks money really matters but its what you have that matters most.

[flitox]

yes you're right except for the fact that people are dreamers cuz if it was the case they would imagine a world where your basic need could be taken from granted.

a ferrari is something nobody needs unless you're an ass and need to impress more than anything else the people around you

[steven36]

25 minutes ago, flitox said:

yes you're right except for the fact that people are dreamers cuz if it was the case they would imagine a world where your basic need could be taken from granted.

a ferrari is something nobody needs unless you're an ass and need to impress more than anything else the people around you

Well when everyone was still riding  a horse and buggy still the Amish do ..They thought that about cars period , phones ,TV , Muisc etc. If  things were never invented based on some's opinion we still be living in the stone age. If you ask the Amish , what most people take for granted as basic needs lights, cars , the internet , etc. is not basic needs at all. And they live fine without it and most have plenty of money still. People nowadays dont even know the difference in basic needs and just plain out convenience . They try to tell me I need this or that when i really dont . If tech makes you rich then even the really poor is rich compared to the rich in the 19th century  but it dont it what you have that make you rich.

[dMog]

kinda agree with steven....    those of us lucky enough to be living free democratic societies and countries  does not mean we do not have to keep an eye on our elected officials to make sure WE  do not allow THEM to take our freedoms away...we cannot take freedomS for granted ...THE MOMENT WE DO  ....some fascist will sneak into power and suddenly we will not have those taken for granted freedoms away

[Sylence]

When U.S lunched Stuxnet against nuclear facilities it was justified but when North Korea hacks some stupid banks it's the evil. lol nice logic

[Karabasas]

24 minutes ago, saeed_dc said:

When U.S lunched Stuxnet against nuclear facilities it was justified but when North Korea hacks some stupid banks it's the evil. lol nice logic

Israel against military equipment?

Vs

Money, that belong to people!

One has to be  king of Iran to compare own-self with real people losing real money under the order of king of NK.... :/

[Sylence]

11 minutes ago, Karabasas said:

Israel against military equipment?

Vs

Money, that belong to people!

One has to be  king of Iran to compare own-self with real people losing real money under the order of king of NK.... :/

 

One must be so narrow-minded to compare death of valuable Real scientists and years of Real work with money which can be earned any time....

[Karabasas]

11 minutes ago, saeed_dc said:

 

One must be so narrow-minded to compare death of valuable Real scientists and years of Real work with money which can be earned any time....

you win!!!!

[Sylence]

4 minutes ago, Karabasas said:

you win!!!!

 

It wasn't a race?! just discussion

[Karabasas]

11 minutes ago, saeed_dc said:

 

It wasn't a race?! just discussion

once again- you won! not a discussion but HS of ideology, that I couldn't be bothered to talk about any further

[Sylence]

4 minutes ago, Karabasas said:

once again- you won! not a discussion but HS of ideology, that I couldn't be bothered to talk about any further

 

Well thank you, better keep it on topic here anyway

 

btw it's funny they carry loaded RPGs during military parade. never seen that in any other military 

[DKT27]

Please keep political and regional issues out of this guys. This is a security issue, however maybe it's scale, it can have global economic problems and such.

[flitox]

21 hours ago, dMog said:

kinda agree with steven....    those of us lucky enough to be living free democratic societies and countries  does not mean we do not have to keep an eye on our elected officials to make sure WE  do not allow THEM to take our freedoms away...we cannot take freedomS for granted ...THE MOMENT WE DO  ....some fascist will sneak into power and suddenly we will not have those taken for granted freedoms away

 

22 hours ago, steven36 said:

Well when everyone was still riding  a horse and buggy still the Amish do ..They thought that about cars period , phones ,TV , Muisc etc. If  things were never invented based on some's opinion we still be living in the stone age. If you ask the Amish , what most people take for granted as basic needs lights, cars , the internet , etc. is not basic needs at all. And they live fine without it and most have plenty of money still. People nowadays dont even know the difference in basic needs and just plain out convenience . They try to tell me I need this or that when i really dont . If tech makes you rich then even the really poor is rich compared to the rich in the 19th century  but it dont it what you have that make you rich.

my point is, where is the need to have a car that can go 200+MPH when you are not allowed to drive faster than 75MPH (if we are talking about the usa).