Malware found in ATM can steal money, data: Kaspersky

Malware has been found active in some of the Indian financial institutions and research centres that can steal information from their systems as well as manipulate it, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky said on Monday.

Researchers of the company have attributed the development of malicious software to cyber espionage group Lazarus, which has been associated with Wannacry ransomware infections that affected several systems in India in 2017.

“Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team have discovered a previously unknown spy tool, which had been spotted in Indian financial institutions and research centres.

“Called Dtrack, this spyware reportedly was created by the Lazarus group and is being used to upload and download files to victims’ systems, record keystrokes and conduct other actions typical of a malicious remote administration tool (RAT),” Kaspersky said in a statement.