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Fnord666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Security researchers have uncovered one of the most sophisticated ATM heists to date, involving a group of cyber criminals specialized in hacking bank networks using fileless malware, and ATM malware that spits out cash and then self-deletes.

These ATM heists are the work of a group of hackers that's been active for years. Most recently, starting 2016, this group has switched to using legitimate Windows apps and fileless malware to hack into government agencies and banks in at least 40 countries.

Because those attacks used stealthy techniques that left a minimal footprint on infected servers, investigators weren't able to detect what the crooks were after. Nevertheless, they suspected the hackers stole data from infected systems, albeit they didn't know what data.

More clues about these attacks came to light only recently. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab, the ones who identified the initial attacks this February [bleepingcomputer.com], believe they uncovered the purpose of some of the bank hacks.

Source: Bleeping Computer [bleepingcomputer.com]

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