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Oracle September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update addresses 672 CVEs
Oracle addresses 672 CVEs in its September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update with 673 patches, including 104 critical updates. Key Takeaways The September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) contains fixes for 672 unique CVEs in 673 security updates 104 issues (15.5% of all patches) were assigned a critical severity rating Oracle E-Business Suite received the highest number of patches at
KREMLIN Banking Malware Hijacks Chrome and Edge to Steal Credentials and Session Tokens
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Brazilian banking malware operation that delivers a toolkit called KREMLIN. Elastic Security Labs is tracking the activity under the moniker REF9334. Active since at least May 2025, the threat actor has used lures that impersonate a dozen Brazilian banks and install a malicious browser extension on Google Chrome and
Suspected Black Axe gang leaders face cybercrime charges in the US
Five alleged leaders of the Black Axe cybercrime syndicate, known for its involvement in global-scale cyber-enabled financial fraud, have been extradited to the United States to face wire fraud and money laundering charges. [...]
Attackers Use Passkey Phishing to Hijack Microsoft Cloud Accounts and Exfiltrate Data
Microsoft has disclosed details of two campaigns in which threat actors are abusing third-party email delivery infrastructure to blast financial fraud scam messages and using passkey-themed social engineering to breach cloud environments. The first campaign, per the tech giant, involved sending over a million scam emails between August 3 and 5, 2026, by masquerading as chief executive officers
Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps
Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. [...]
Treasury urges banks to file cyber scam reports, noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023
As the cyber scam industry expands globally, the U.S. government wants banks to share more information about what's happening to their customers.
Gigabud Uses Android App Cloning to Evade Fraud Detection
Gigabud clones banking apps into a work profile to break the link between malware alerts and fraud
Large Enterprises Targeted in Fake Merger & Acquisition Scams
Threat actors behind the "Phantom Deal" campaign are studying companies in extreme detail, aiming to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers.
Anthropic’s Enterprise Frontier Safeguards lets your Claude logs stay in your cloud
Eight members of the Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk, a group whose roster includes the CISOs of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, spent months working with Anthropic on a question their examiners care about more than benchmark scores. Scott DePasquale, the center’s president and chief executive, said those eight defined “what it would take to
Nigeria Looks to Sovereign Cloud for Cyber, National Security
The West African nation launched financing, procurement, and infrastructure policies to boost its sovereign cloud initiative and increase domestic technical knowledge.
ZeroTokens Phishing Platform Steers Attacks in Real Time
ZeroTokens gives phishing operators live control of victim sessions targeting 53 financial brands
Interpol targets Black Axe’s illicit financial web in latest international sting
The multi-country sting targeted Black Axe financial networks, seizing millions in assets and uncovering Crime-as-a-Service infrastructure across four continents. The post Interpol targets Black Axe’s illicit financial web in latest international sting appeared first on CyberScoop.
Fideo Lens reveals connections across identities, accounts and devices
Fideo Intelligence introduced Fideo Lens, an investigative intelligence platform that helps fraud and financial crime teams discover hidden relationships among identities, accounts, devices and behaviors. Starting with a single identity signal, investigators can use Fideo Lens to visualize and connect data associated with the identity and transform fragmented identity data into interactive investi
ToxicPanda Banking Trojan Matures into Enterprise Threat
The latest version of the Android malware has new features that expand its global reach and put more than users' financial applications at risk.
Personal Information Exposed in Apollo Global Data Breach
The private equity firm appears to have been targeted as part of a campaign focusing on major financial companies. The post Personal Information Exposed in Apollo Global Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
ToxicPanda 2.0 Gets a Major Upgrade, Expanding Attacks Across 16 Countries
ToxicPanda 2.0 targets 349 financial apps and abuses Android Wireless Debugging to gain deeper device access and steal banking credentials. ToxicPanda used to be a Europe-focused nuisance targeting a manageable list of banks. That version is gone. Zimperium’s zLabs team just documented ToxicPanda 2.0, and the numbers alone tell the story: 349 targeted financial institutions […]
Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight
The spyware-equipped Manic, a persistent Grandoreiro campaign in Latin America and Europe, and an expanded ToxicPanda 2.0 malware. The post Banking Trojans Manic, Grandoreiro, ToxicPanda 2.0 in the Spotlight appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apollo discloses data breach from ongoing wave of attacks hitting financial sector
The private equity firm said attackers broke into some of its cloud platforms during a five-day period in early July, compromising sensitive personal data. The post Apollo discloses data breach from ongoing wave of attacks hitting financial sector appeared first on CyberScoop.
U.S. Bank says breach claims related to fourth-party incident
The bank said there is no evidence that its own systems, networks or data repositories were compromised.
Medical records, SSNs, and bank details exposed in CareCloud data breach
Healthcare technology provider CareCloud confirmed that 3.75 million people were affected by a March data breach.
A $25 template helped scammers build hundreds of phantom bank domains
A phrase on a suspicious website turned into an investigation of phantom banks built to support scams, according to new research from Allure Security. Molly DeQuattro, the company’s VP of Operations, was reviewing a domain that resembled the brand of one of its financial services clients. The page carried none of that client’s branding. It presented an unrelated bank instead. One phrase caught her
Manic: The Android Malware That Exfiltrates Data Even When the Phone Is Offline
Manic Android malware combines banking fraud and spyware, using a Bluetooth relay to steal data even when devices are offline. ThreatFabric’s Mobile Threat Intelligence team has identified a new Android malware, dubbed Manic, which has been active in the wild since at least February 2026. The researchers state that the malware is still under development […]
US Bank investigates LockBit's claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline
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'Grandoreiro' Malware Resurfaces With Mexico Campaign
The banking Trojan, post-law enforcement takedown, is sprucing itself up with features that make detection and analysis harder.
French tax authority says break-in exposed data of 600K, including some private messages
Stolen details range from contact information to household finances and withholding rates
Updated ToxicPanda Variant Targets 140+ Banking and Crypto Apps
Zimperium lifts the lid on the ToxicPanda 2.0 Android banking Trojan
Banks look for fraud signals in customer behavior
Banks are dealing with more fraud in which customers authorize payments after being manipulated by criminals. ThreatMark’s Fraud Readiness Benchmark 2026 describes a banking environment where social engineering, reimbursement requirements and growing case volumes are changing fraud operations. Social engineering moves the risk into the customer interaction Fifty-five percent of institutions survey
Oracle August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update Addresses 925 CVEs
Oracle addresses 925 CVEs in its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update with 943 patches, including 154 critical updates. Key Takeaways The August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) contains fixes for 925 unique CVEs in 943 security updates 154 issues (16.3% of all patches) were assigned a critical severity rating Oracle Fusion Middleware received the highest number of patches at 262,
Hackers Expose Data of 1.2 Million Heights Finance Customers
A Heights Finance breach exposed personal and financial data of over 1.2 million people after hackers compromised a third-party cloud platform. Heights Finance is a U.S. consumer finance company that provides personal loans and related lending services, mainly to customers who may have limited access to traditional bank credit. It is part of Heights Finance […]
Heights Finance data breach: What customers need to know
Leaked personal and financial data of around 750,000 US citizens, including SSNs and bank details, could put victims at risk of identity theft and phishing.
Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals
Hackers stole names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and financial information from a third-party platform. The post Heights Finance Data Breach Impacts at Least 1.2 Million Individuals appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Nearly 750k had financial info, SSNs leaked in South Carolina loan company breach
The breach affected anyone who received a loan through the company or inquired about a loan product through a third party.
LiteLLM Supply-Chain Attack – Technology, Banking and Healthcare the Most Affected
The SANDCLOCK LiteLLM supply-chain attack exposed credentials across 2,038 repositories, affecting technology, finance, healthcare, retail and more. Resecurity (USA) estimated the most affected sectors by the “SANDCLOCK” backdoor, which was planted as a result of the code repository compromise. According to cybersecurity experts, LiteLLM / TeamPCP Supply-Chain Attack will have long-lasting consequ
France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals
France’s tax authority has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems, saying the intrusion exposed data on 678,000 individuals and professionals. The incident came to light after an alleged attacker using the alias “ZeroBytes” took credit on a cybercrime forum and listed a stolen database for sale. ZeroBytes said the compromised p
Police bust cybercrime ring accused of stealing €30 million in four-day spree
German and Brazilian police dismantled an international bank fraud ring blamed for a €30 million cyberattack on a German financial institution, arresting four people in Brazil and pursuing three more suspects in Spain and Bulgaria. Brazilian police named the operation “Klonen.” On August 13, agents executed 21 search-and-seizure warrants across seven cities, including Rio de Janeiro, Goiânia, and
Africa’s Cybersecurity Challenge Is Bigger Than Access to Technology
Gopan Sivasankaran is Rapid7's Regional Director, Middle East & Africa. Across Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya, organizations are expanding their use of cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital services, and connected operations. But more technology does not automatically create stronger security operations; many security teams are not short on data, but rather on time, conte
Investigation of banking hack leads to arrests in Germany, Brazil
Germany’s federal police agency, the BKA, said three suspects were picked up in Europe and charged with fraud, and Brazil’s federal police said four others were arrested on similar charges.
Mission-Driven Security: Inside a Global Bank's Defense
In this video interview, Standard Chartered's group CISO shares insights on transitioning from technical roles to strategic leadership, the importance of business-savvy security executives, and how AI is reshaping both defensive capabilities and adversarial tactics in banking.
Hackers arrested over €30M bank fraud exploiting service provider flaw
Four cybercriminals were arrested in Brazil, and three others were charged in Europe over allegations that they exploited a vulnerability at a service provider, allowing them to withdraw funds from Commerzbank customers' bank accounts. [...]
France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims
French authorities confirmed that someone gained unauthorized access to systems at the Directorate General of Public Finances in late June after stealing or misusing someone’s identity.
If the Markets Reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US Should Nationalize Them
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian. OpenAI, and then Anthropic, were each formed by AI developers who feared unrestrained corporate AI development—specifically, that companies like Google and Meta would steer the technology towards deleterious, maybe even catastrophically unsafe, outcomes for society. Their founders proclaimed that their new labs
Ukrainian police raid 94 fraudulent call centers, seize $2 million
Ukrainian police have disrupted 94 fraudulent call centers during a nationwide operation that involved more than 400 searches and the seizure of thousands of computers, phones, and SIM cards. Ukrainian police raid at a fraudulent call center (Source: Cyberpolice Ukraine) The call centers were linked to schemes involving callers impersonating bank employees, fraudulent investment services, cryptocu
Ukraine shuts down 94 fraudulent call centers, seize millions in cash
Authorities in Ukraine shut down 94 fraudulent call centers across the country that lured people into investment scams or tried to obtain access to bank accounts. [...]
New Android malware lets criminals use your bank card in real time
Social engineering, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), and NFC relay malware walk up to an ATM. It's no joke. Together, they can empty your bank account.
'Jewelbug' APT Balances State Espionage & Cryptocurrency Theft
Researchers discovered hackers-for-hire performing cyber espionage and financially motivated heists from the same Web panel.
Storm-1175 Replaces Medusa With New StormEncryptor Ransomware
Microsoft says China-linked Storm-1175 is using a new ransomware called StormEncryptor, replacing Medusa in its latest attacks. Microsoft says China-linked, financially motivated threat actor Storm-1175 has begun using a new ransomware strain called StormEncryptor. The group previously relied on Medusa ransomware. StormEncryptor is written in C++ and encrypts files and adds the .encrypted extensio
Post-quantum migration gets harder when every user holds a key
In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Smith, CEO of Quantus, discusses what cryptographic inventories turn up in banks and hospitals, including default passwords and admin keys still held by former employees. He explains where post-quantum key sizes break old size assumptions in IPsec, SSH, TLS and libp2p, why migrating user keys makes blockchains hard to upgrade, and what a silent quan
Ready-made $500 kit puts a crypto scam within anyone’s reach
A seller on a cybercrime forum is offering a ready-made scam kit for $500, complete with an admin panel that tracks victims, checks their crypto wallets for value, and inflates fake balances to squeeze out more money, Malwarebytes found. Researchers discovered the scam project on May 16 and described it as an example of how social engineering, phishing, and financial fraud can be combined into a s