Processing and ATMs remain the primary targets. Another global problem is data leaks, during which confidential information about a bank and its customers may end up being disclosed. Moreover, leaks are the result of both targeted attacks and fraudulent actions of employees within a financial organisation.
Speaking about banking customers, in recent years, cybercriminals have begun to exploit not only technological shortcomings of security of systems, but also human credulity. In Russia, we have recorded a boom in attacks using social engineering when fraudsters, by phone or via SMS, persuade a victim to transfer money to them. Recently, we conducted a global study and came to the conclusion that 80% of thefts from individual accounts occur as a result of this particular type of attack. In second place are attacks on mobile devices running Android and banking Trojans came in third place.