Financial Sector

2026-06-174 minAkamaihigh

In May 2026, a major Indian public sector bank was targeted by sophisticated, multi-vector DDoS attacks peaking at 1.78 Tbps and 171 Mpps. The attackers aimed to overwhelm network bandwidth and compute resources by targeting a critical login endpoint using globally distributed infrastructure. The attacks were successfully mitigated at the edge using preconfigured protections and continuous traffic profiling, resulting in no service disruption.

2026-05-135 minElastic Security Labshigh

Elastic Security Labs identified a cyberattack targeting a South Asian financial institution using two custom malware strains: BRUSHWORM and BRUSHLOGGER. BRUSHWORM functions as a backdoor and USB worm capable of extensive file theft and air-gap bridging, while BRUSHLOGGER captures system-wide keystrokes via DLL side-loading.