Noodle Rat Scenario: Investment Bank Trading Floor

Capital Markets International: Investment bank, 800 traders, managing $50B in assets

APT • NoodleRAT

STAKES

Trading algorithms + Market intelligence + Client portfolios + Financial regulations

HOOK

Capital Markets is executing high-frequency trading strategies when traders notice their workstations showing subtle performance anomalies despite security systems detecting no malicious files. Advanced fileless malware is operating entirely in memory, providing competitors invisible surveillance of proprietary trading algorithms and market intelligence.

PRESSURE

Market volatility peaks Thursday - trading algorithm theft threatens competitive advantage and $50B in managed assets

FRONT • 150 minutes • Expert

Capital Markets International: Investment bank, 800 traders, managing $50B in assets

APT • NoodleRAT

NPCs

• Trading Floor Director Jennifer Wong: Managing high-frequency trading with invisible memory-resident surveillance affecting proprietary algorithms
• Cybersecurity Manager Carlos Martinez: Investigating fileless financial espionage with no detectable file signatures
• Senior Quantitative Analyst Diana Foster: Reporting unauthorized access to trading models and market intelligence systems
• SEC Compliance Officer Michael Chen: Assessing regulatory notification requirements and financial market manipulation risks

SECRETS

• Quantitative analysts received sophisticated financial industry emails containing advanced fileless trading espionage payloads
• Competitors have invisible memory-resident surveillance of proprietary trading algorithms and market strategies
• High-frequency trading models and client portfolio strategies have been systematically stolen through undetectable fileless techniques