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Cetera Financial Group Data Breach and Investigation • LegalScoops

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‣ Attorney Investigation Alert
‣ Over 2,000 People Affected by Breach

On June 9, 2022, Cetera Financial Group, Inc. (“CFG”), a financial services group based in El Segundo, California, reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General’s Office. 2,188 individuals nationwide were affected by the breach.

According to the company, on March 16, 2022, CFG received notice of a data breach from its printing service, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (“RRD”), that occurred between November 29, 2021 and December 23, 2021. After starting its own investigation, CFG determined that personal information from its files that were present on RRD’s systems at the time of the data breach were impacted by the RRD data breach.

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While not included in CFG’s notice, it has been widely reported that R.R. Donnelley was the subject of a ransomware attack by the infamous Conti ransomware group. According to public reports, the Conti group took credit for the attack on RRD and briefly posted 2.5 GB of data on its data leak page.

The FBI issued a Flash Alert about Conti ransomware attacks in May, 2021. On September 22, 2021, a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory disseminated details about what red flags indicate a business has been compromised by Conti ransomware, and how attacks can be avoided.

The sensitive personal information in CFG’s files that may have been accessed and taken includes individuals’ full names and Social Security numbers (SSNs).

The full CFG notice provided to the Maine Attorney General can be viewed here.

CFG is offering affected individuals complimentary identity monitoring services through Experian. The deadline for enrollment in Experian services is listed in the Notice.

Special California Laws Protect You

California has laws that specifically protect your personal information.

  • The California Customer Records Act(CCRA) requires businesses to put into place and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices to protect consumer’s personal information. Companies must also notify affected California consumers quickly and without unreasonable delay.
  • The California Consumer…

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New Android Trojan Targets Financial Institutions, Customers

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Cryptocurrency Fraud
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Cybercrime

MaliBot Steals Credentials, Cryptocurrency from Italian, Spanish Victims

Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) •
June 18, 2022    

New Android Trojan Targets Financial Institutions, Customers

A new strain of Android malware is targeting online banking customers and financial institutions, cybersecurity researchers at F5 Labs say.

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Dubbed MaliBot, the banking Trojan steals financial information, credentials, crypto wallets, personal data and cookies; bypasses multi-factor authentication codes; and remotely controls infected devices.

The malware disguises itself as a cryptocurrency mining app and so far has mainly targeted victims in Spain and Italy, a geographic range that’s likely to grow.

It likewise can be used for a wider range of attacks than just stealing credentials and cryptocurrency, says F5 Labs researcher Dor Nizar. “In fact, any application which makes use of WebView is liable to having the users’ credentials and cookies stolen.”

WebView allows Android users to view web search results inside unrelated active applications.

F5 Labs say it discovered MaliBot during a separate investigation into a different malware strain, FluBot.

Campaign Details

MaliBot’s command-and-control server, which…

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10 Most Prolific Banking Trojans Targeting Hundreds of Financial Apps with Over a Billion Users

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Banking Trojans

10 of the most prolific mobile banking trojans have set their eyes on 639 financial applications that are available on the Google Play Store and have been cumulatively downloaded over 1.01 billion times.

Some of the most targeted apps include Walmart-backed PhonePe, Binance, Cash App, Garanti BBVA Mobile, La Banque Postale, Ma Banque, Caf – Mon Compte, Postepay, and BBVA México. These apps alone account for more than 260 million downloads from the official app marketplace.

Of the 639 apps tracked, 121 are based in the U.S., followed by the U.K. (55), Italy (43), Turkey (34), Australia (33), France (31), Spain (29), and Portugal (27).

“TeaBot is targeting 410 of the 639 applications tracked,” mobile security company Zimperium said in a new analysis of Android threats during the first half of 2022. “Octo targets 324 of the 639 applications tracked and is the only one targeting popular, non-financial applications for credential theft.”

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Aside from TeaBot (Anatsa) and Octo (Exobot), other prominent banking trojans include BianLian, Coper, EventBot, FluBot (Cabassous), Medusa, SharkBot, and Xenomorph.

FluBot is also considered to be an aggressive variant of Cabassous, not to mention hitching its distribution wagon to serve Medusa, another mobile banking trojan that can gain near-complete control over a user’s device. Last week, Europol announced the dismantling of infrastructure behind FluBot.

These malicious remote access tools, while hiding behind the cloak of benign-looking apps, are designed to target mobile financial applications in an attempt to carry out on-device fraud and siphon funds directly from the victim’s accounts.

CyberSecurity

In addition, the rogue apps are equipped with the ability to evade detection by often hiding their icons from the home screen and are known to log keystrokes, capture clipboard data, and abuse accessibility services permissions to pursue their objectives such as credential theft.

This involves the use of overlay attacks, pointing a victim to a fake banking login page that’s displayed atop legitimate financial apps and can be used to steal the credentials entered.

Consequences of such attacks can range from data theft and financial fraud to regulatory fines…

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Global Cyber Security In Financial Services Market 2022 by Top Major Players| Experian Information Solutions, IBM Corporation, Accenture

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