Rewterz Threat Alert – First Microfinance Bank Targeted by Indian Hackers

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Pakistan’s first microfinance bank website defaced as part of a cyber espionage against Pakistan on the 73rd independence day of Pakistan, which was later turned down by the authorities.

Pakistan’s first microfinance bank was targeted by Indian hackers (neo.sec team) and defaced the website to cause a major disrupt on the national day of Pakistan which was efficiently turned down by the authorities and it is known to be done by the Indian hackers to disarray the national day of Pakistan.

A cyber group calling themselves the Neo Hackers and going by the Twitter moniker Ne0Sec with the handle (@Ne0-h4ck3r) has hacked Pakistan’s first microfinance bank’s website on 14th August as part of their ongoing cyber espionage campaign to malign Pakistan to go on the backfoot on the ongoing atrocities on the Kashmiri people by the Indian armed forces which are now widely acknowledged by the whole international community.

This comes at a critical moment when Pakistan is on it’s way to a stable growth and making massive infrastructural reforms to give it’s economy a boost.

Impact

Website defacing

Indicators of Compromise

URLs

https[:]//fmfb[.]com.pk/

Remediation

• Closely monitor web application traffic for any suspicious activities.
• Always be suspicious about emails sent by unknown senders.
• Never click on the link/attachments sent by unknown senders.