Hackers have started attacking Russians with new software for stealing bank cards

Hackers in May for the first time started testing the malicious SuperCard software, which can be used to gain access to personal bank card data. This was reported by TASS on June 17.

It is noted that SuperCard is a type of NFCGate application that allows you to monitor and analyze NFC traffic, as well as exchange data between two smartphones on which it is installed.

The attackers managed to steal money from the accounts of Europeans from the end of 2023, and in August 2024 they reached the Russians. According to the results of the first quarter of 2025, Russian citizens lost 432 million rubles. In addition, more than 175 thousand were compromised. Android devices, the publication says.

The Mafia is waking up: why hackers are switching to nighttime cyber attacks

Cybercriminals expect to remain unnoticed after midnight

Kaspersky Lab reported on June 9 that the Librarian Ghouls hacker group had subjected hundreds of Russian companies and organizations to overnight cyber attacks. The attackers tried to break into corporate networks and install spyware. The laboratory experts noted that it activates and works until the system is rebooted by the built-in task scheduler.