Cyber-crime, Identity theft, Mobile, Mobile security
October 22, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityFollowing reports that a simple gel cover can let people bypass fingerprint authentication on Samsung Galaxy S10 phones, a few banking institutions disabled the fingerprint authentication on their apps for this model. A recent Android Police report said the UK’s […]
Access control, Identity theft, Security
April 17, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityAlmost three in four banks in Asia Pacific anticipate that fraud in their country will increase in 2019, according to a recent poll by FICO. Of specific concern are transactions completed when neither the card nor the cardholder is physically […]
December 27, 2018
Via: Dark ReadingEmployees at financial services firms hit with an email attack campaign abusing a Google Cloud storage service. A malicious email campaign has been found abusing a Google Cloud Storage service to host a payload sent to employees of financial services […]
August 20, 2018
Via: Security AffairsThe peculiarity of this malspam campaign is the unusual use of a Microsoft Office Publisher file to infect victims’ systems. Experts noticed an anomalous spike in the number of emails with a Microsoft Office Publisher file (a .pub attachment) and […]
June 14, 2018
Via: Threat PostEuropean electronic and telecom retailer Dixons Carphone has discovered a massive cyber-attack that may have compromised millions of payment cards and personal data records, it said Wednesday. The U.K.-based retail giant, whose subsidiaries include Carphone Warehouse, Currys, PC World, Elkjøp […]
May 7, 2018
Via: Security WeekBlockchain, the cutting-edge technology behind virtual currencies like bitcoin, has the potential to play a disruptive role in the global finance sector, experts say, as banking behemoths seek to connect with its opportunities. While banks could reduce their costs, the […]
November 2, 2017
Via: Dark ReadingAttackers break into financial organizations and stay there to record employees’ activities, steal data, and use it to steal, similar to the Carbanak group. A new attack targeting financial institutions is leveraging techniques similar to those used by the Carbanak […]
November 8, 2016
Via: Help Net SecurityIt’s been a rough weekend for 20,000 customers of British retail Tesco Bank: they’ve witnessed their bank accounts being plundered and have been phoning the bank to report the theft, but most of them couldn’t get through. The attack started […]
September 28, 2016
Via: Computer WeeklyFailure to follow standard network security best practice has exposed a Californian investment bank to cyber criminals’ demands. Hackers have attempted to extort money from an investment bank in California after bypassing network defences to steal documents. WestPark Capital, based […]
May 30, 2016
Via: The HillInvestigators are looking into data breaches at as many as 12 banks connected to the SWIFT messaging network, after hackers exploited weaknesses in the software to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank, according to Bloomberg. FireEye, the security […]
May 16, 2016
Via: Help Net SecuritySWIFT, the organization that provides banks with a secure network for sending and receiving information about financial transactions, has sent out a warning about a malware attack against another bank. They believe that its customers are facing “a highly adaptive […]
September 15, 2015
Via: data-lossA #lloyds #bank #data storage #device stolen from an RSA data center two months ago contains customer names, addresses, sort codes and account numbers for Lloyds’ Premier Account customers who had #royal sun alliance emergency home cover attached to their […]
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