Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Tracking the Cobalt Cybercriminal Group

Group-IB's Tim Bobak Says the Group Quickly Embraces New Malware and Tools
Tim Bobak, APAC executive director. Group-IB

The Cobalt cybercrime group is targeting as many banks as possible, which poses risks particularly for smaller, less protected institutions, says Tim Bobak of Group-IB.

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In this video interview at the recent RSA APJ 2018 conference in Singapore, Bobak discusses:

  • Trends around the Cobalt cybercrime group, which has targeted ATMs, interbank payment networks and SWIFT infrastructure;
  • Why Cobalt has had so much success with spear phishing;
  • What efforts banks are making to improve their internal controls in light of attacks against payment transfer systems.

Bobak is APAC executive director for Group-IB, a Moscow-based computer security company. He previously was a senior consultant with IRIS Russia specializing in business intelligence and fraud investigations.


About the Author

Jeremy Kirk

Jeremy Kirk

Executive Editor, Security and Technology, ISMG

Kirk was executive editor for security and technology for Information Security Media Group. Reporting from Sydney, Australia, he created "The Ransomware Files" podcast, which tells the harrowing stories of IT pros who have fought back against ransomware.




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