N/Korea Hackers Target Nigerian Banks April 6, 2017 A new report from a Russian online cyber security firm, Kaspersky, has observed that North Korean hackers are attacking banks in 18 countries, including Nigeria. The organisation noted in its report that this could be regarded as the biggest bank heists in world history. Banks and security researchers have previously identified four similar cyber-heists attempted on financial institutions in Bangladesh, Ecuador, the Philippines and Vietnam. But researchers at Kaspersky now say the same hacking operation — known as “Lazarus” — also attacked financial institutions in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Uruguay. This report is coming after more than a year-long investigation into the activity of “Lazarus”, the hacking group allegedly responsible for the theft of $81 million in US currency from the Central Bank of Bangladesh last year. The suggestion that North Korea could have been behind the attack, or at least involved, has added to concerns that the pariah nation is becoming bolder in its cyber attacks against global financial institutions. According to CNN, North Korea’s mysterious Lazarus hacking operation has been blamed for several large international cyber attacks in recent years. The hackers can be traced back to North Korea, according to Kaspersky researchers.To hide their location, hackers typically launch cyber attacks from computer servers far from home. To hide their location, hackers typically launch cyber attacks from computer servers far from home. According to Kaspersky, the Lazarus hackers carefully routed their signal through France, South Korea and Taiwan to set up that attack server. But there was apparently one mistake spotted by Kaspersky: A connection that briefly came from North Korea. “North Korea is a very important part of this equation,” said Vitaly Kamluk, who leads Kaspersky’s Asia-Pacific research team. The North Korean government has reportedly denied allegations of the hack. Kaspersky Lab itself has said that despite the evidence of the North Korean IP address, that “is not enough proof to provide definitive attribution given that the connection session could have been a false flag operation.” *Source: The Nation Previous article Nigeria’s Central Bank Fights Unwinnable War In $30b Debt Crisis Next article World Leaders Condemn Syria’s Chemical Attack …. US Threatens Military Action Against Assad RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Business Nigeria’s Central Bank Fights Unwinnable War In $30b Debt Crisis Business SON Shuts Coy for Forgery Business Don’t Float Naira, Expert Cautions CBN Business Diamond Bank Faces Charges Over Cash Lodgement Business Wema to Launch First Digital Banking Business N175m Debt: Pharma-Deko Moves to Jail Guinness’ Chairman, C.E.O. •As SEC Suspends Guinness’ N40bn Right Issue STAY CONNECTED 10,236FansLIKE 272FollowersFOLLOW - Advertisement - ZenithBank ad LATEST ARTICLE Russia Lists Sins of Jehovah’s Witnesses World April 6, 2017 How MacDonald Breakfast Nailed Bloody ATM Robbers World April 6, 2017 Ex-Chief of Naval Staff, Dele Ezeoba, Forfeits N1.83bn to FG News April 6, 2017 ABOUT US Newsmakers is a general interest online newspaper, published by Chief Detective Communications Ltd. Established in 2016 by a team of multiple award winning Nigerian journalists, it provides information for an educated, but non-specialist, audience and it has no political or religious affiliation. Contact us: newsmakersng@gmail.com FOLLOW US Advertisement Blog Contact us © Powered by HUGE Ltd.