Threat Actor: Operators of the Grandoreiro banking malware, a Brazilian banking trojan.
Target: Banking customers, particularly in Mexico, Latin America (LATAM), and Europe.
Malware Evolution: New variants of Grandoreiro have adopted advanced tactics like domain generation algorithms (DGA), encryption, mouse tracking, and CAPTCHA barriers to evade detection.
Who:
Affected users: 77,099 Fidelity customers.
Company: Fidelity Investments, a global asset management firm.
Perpetrator: An unnamed third party.
What:
Who:
Prudential Financial, a global financial services company.
Over 2.5 million individuals whose personal information was compromised.
What:
Prudential Financial experienced a data breach on February 4, 2024, detected the following day.
Who:
Patelco Credit Union, a Bay Area financial institution with $9 billion in assets and 450,000 members nationwide.
What:
On June 29, Patelco Credit Union was hit by a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down several key banking systems.
The attack has left tens of thousands of customers without access to their accounts and core electronic transactions such as direct deposits, transfers, balance inquiries, and payments.
