Free Privileged Account Discovery Tool: Identify & secure credentials to stop lateral movement. Download Free

BeyondTrust
  • Products
    Privileged Password Management
    Discover, manage, audit, and monitor privileged accounts
    Password Safe DevOps Secrets Safe
    Endpoint Privilege Management
    Manage privileges on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix endpoints
    Windows and Mac Unix and Linux Active Directory Bridge
    Secure Remote Access
    Centrally manage and secure remote access for service desks and vendors
    Remote Support Privileged Remote Access
    BeyondInsight Analytics
    See All Solutions
  • Resources

    Universal Privilege Management

    Our innovative Universal Privilege Management approach secures every user, asset, and session across your entire enterprise.

    Watch Video

    Learn

    Case Studies
    Competitor Comparisons
    Datasheets
    Glossary
    Product Demos
    Whitepapers

    Attend

    Events
    Go Beyond
    Training
    Webinars

    Support

    Changelog
    Professional Services
    Technical Documentation
  • Blog
  • Partners
  • Contact
  • Support
  • Services
  • Training
  • Events
  • Company

Dridex malware drains millions from UK bank accounts

October 14, 2015

  • Blog
  • Archive

The National Crime Agency is urging users to protect themselves against cyber attacks following at least £20m losses to a cyber crime gang using Dridex banking malware.

This strand of malware is designed to steal banking credentials and allow attackers to transfer money from the victim's accounts. Victims are often infected silently by opening malicious documents or links emailed to them in a targeted phishing campaign.

James Maude, Senior Security Engineer at Avecto said this latest attack highlights the pitfalls of reactive security:

"This latest malware campaign is a perfect example of the cat and mouse game that traditional reactive security solutions play with malware authors. Dridex implements several features to avoid detection and uses peer-to-peer (P2P) communications to hide the command and control servers and evade network defences. As well as harvesting banking credentials the malware can also be used in denial of service attacks on banks where large volumes of traffic overwhelm the banks website and distract from the money being stolen. Ultimately the attackers always have the upper hand being able to evolve and bypass detection based solutions.

"In order to get ahead of the latest malware threats we need to accept that detection will fail, with AV only effective less than 50% of the time. Instead we need to move to a proactive model that is agnostic to the threats by removing admin rights to prevent easy access and control of the system and application control capable of blocking unknown payloads. Ideally unknown content from the internet should be executed in an isolated environment, this not only protects the system and users data but provides a unique context to kill and log all unwanted attempts to execute payloads."

Kevin Franks, Marketing Communications Manager

Stay Up To Date

Get the latest news, ideas, and tactics from BeyondTrust. You may unsubscribe at any time.

I agree to receive product related communications from BeyondTrust as detailed in the Privacy Policy, and I may manage my preferences or withdraw my consent at any time.

You May Also Be Interested In:

Webcasts

Rising CISOs: Ransomware, Cyber Extortion, Cloud Compromise, oh my!

Whitepapers

A Zero Trust Approach to Windows & Mac Endpoint Security

Whitepapers

Mapping BeyondTrust Solutions to the Qatar National Information Assurance Policy v2.0

BeyondTrust Logo
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

Keep up with BeyondTrust

I agree to receive product related communications from BeyondTrust as detailed in the Privacy Policy, and I may manage my preferences or withdraw my consent at any time.

Customer Support
Contact Sales

Products

  • Endpoint Privilege Management
  • Password Management
  • Privileged Remote Access
  • DevOps Secrets Safe
  • Remote Support

Resources

  • Blog
  • Case Studies
  • Competitor Comparisons
  • Datasheets
  • Glossary
  • Videos
  • Webcasts
  • Whitepapers

About

  • Company
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Events
  • Leadership Team
  • Partner Program
  • Press

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Korean
  • Portuguese
  • Japanese
  • Privacy
  • Security
  • Manage Cookies
  • WEEE Compliance

Copyright © 1999 — 2020 BeyondTrust Corporation. All rights reserved. Other trademarks identified on this page are owned by their respective owners. BeyondTrust Corporation is not a chartered bank or trust company, or depository institution. It is not authorized to accept deposits or trust accounts and is not licensed or regulated by any state or federal banking authority.