Weekly Threat Report 26th May 2017

Russian government reaction to cyber criminals

This week Russia revealed it had arrested a cyber crime gang in November last year for a campaign that raised nearly USD900, 000. The gang was nicknamed ‘Cron’ after the malware it used, which infected over a million Android mobile devices of Russian bank customers. Users unwittingly downloaded the malware via fake mobile banking apps, pornography and e-commerce programmes. The ‘Cron’ gang exploited a Russian bank service…

Link: Weekly Threat Report 26th May 2017
Source: NCSC Reports