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Russian police arrest Russian national involved in a scheme that helped cybercriminals make up to $8,000 per day using Android banking Trojans [Read More]
Drupal websites hacked via the Drupalgeddon2 and Drupalgeddon3 vulnerabilities deliver cryptocurrency miners, RATs and tech support scams [Read More]
A dataset allegedly containing 200 million unique sets of personally identifiable information (PII) exfiltrated from several popular Japanese website databases emerged on underground forums [Read More]
A report from the Senate Intelligence Committee says Russian hackers attempted to undermine confidence in the voting process in the 2016 election, but there is no evidence that they manipulated votes or modified voter registration data [Read More]
Gold Galleon: Nigerian hackers target global maritime shipping businesses and their customers in BEC attacks [Read More]
Vast majority of the exhibitors at the RSA Conference have not implemented DMARC on their primary domains, opening the door to fraudulent and fake emails [Read More]
Trend Micro unveils Writing Style DNA, an AI-powered capability that uses writing style analysis to detect business email compromise (BEC) attacks [Read More]
Ransomware is the most prevalent type of malware and it increasingly targets business-critical systems, according to Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) [Read More]
Best Buy customers may have had their payment card data stolen as a result of the breach suffered by online services provider [24]7.ai. [Read More]
Delta Air Lines, Sears Holdings and likely other major companies were affected by a payment card breach suffered last year by online services provider [24]7.ai [Read More]
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FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Fraud & Identity Theft
Even organizations with the most robust defense solutions and advanced automated technologies cannot effectively combat threats such as BEC without the adequate support and nuanced expertise of humans.
While a credit freeze can protect against the opening of fraudulent credit accounts, it is not an inoculation against identity theft. What can be done to help protect identities and the attributes associated with them?
The attackers may be looking for the path of least resistance, but there is no shortcut to securing your platform.
In addition to basic credit monitoring, breached companies need to get ahead of the attacks and start providing security solutions that actually protect the victims before they are victimized again.
While effective at curbing “petty crimes” such as credit skimming / cloning, EMV does not address more sophisticated cyber-attacks that target backend systems which contain card holders’ most sensitive information.
Many fraudulent accounts are mere satire or innocuous trolling, but others are created with far more devious intentions.
Social engineering attacks can happen at any time. Here are some strategies you can use to help reduce the chances of a successful social engineering/phishing attack you or your organization.
They always say in the investment world that cash is king. We are now seeing that in terms of cyber as well. Stealing cash, it’s even better than stealing money.
When it comes to cybercrime, the police really can’t and aren’t going to protect residents of your town. The same goes for all towns and cities. Unless you’re talking a high six-figure theft, it's unlikely an officer will be assigned to your case.
The holiday season is a time of giving. But savvy security and technology professionals such as yourselves know, both during the holidays and year-round, that not all giving is good.
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