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Cobalt Modus Operandi Evolution and Joint Anunak Operations

Learn about Cobalt’s development and modification of tools and tactics which were used to steal approximately 1 billion dollars from over 100 banks in 40 different countries.

On-Demand

1 hour 20 min

· 2018

Cobalt Modus Operandi Evolution and Joint Anunak Operations

Key findings

  • Thefts using SWIFT transactions in Hong Kong and Ukraine were committed in cooperation with Anunak (Carbanak)
  • Cybercriminals were spending approximately three weeks of study inside the network before conducting attacks
  • Cobalt tested new instruments, often changed locations and spied on victim’s internal systems to prepare for attacks
  • Starting from the attacks on ATMs in 2016, Cobalt learned to target SWIFT, card processing and payment gateways as well

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