Fileless Computer Attacks Seen in Ecuador, Hard to Detect

The attacks used Windows utilities and open-source tools instead of easily detectable malware programs
cio.com/By Lucian Constantin reported: Using its sensor network, Kaspersky found similar PowerShell scripts inside the registry of computers from around 100 other enterprise networks worldwide. The U.S., France, Ecuador, Kenya and the U.K. are the countries with the largest number of affected networks.

Over the past several years attackers have started to move away from targeting bank customers and going directly after the banks themselves. There are multiple gangs that specialize in hacking into banks’ networks and then study their internal procedures in preparation for large-scale money heists. Others try to gain access to the ATM networks in order to force such machines to dispense money on command.

THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – THIS IS ONE BOOK THAT IS A MUST READ, SAFETY AND SECURITY IN ECUADOR

A wave of attacks that have recently affected banks and other enterprises used open-source penetration testing tools loaded directly into memory instead of traditional malware, making their detection much harder. Read Full Article