VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 19, 2024

However, this convenience comes with significant cyber risks that can compromise sensitive information and privacy. For instance, an attacker might send an email that appears to be from a trusted video communication platform, prompting you to click on a link to verify your account or update credentials.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 27, 2024

Upon investigation, it was revealed that personal information such as student names, addresses, dates of birth, and potentially other sensitive details had been compromised. Meanwhile, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the persistent cybersecurity challenges faced by educational institutions in an increasingly digital age.

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VISTA InfoSec

MAY 23, 2024

These storage resources can be compromised and lead to data leaks similar to the unsecure S3 bucket of THSuite reported in 2020. Meanwhile, database resources can have vulnerabilities such as misconfigurations and stolen credentials that allow cybercriminals to steal critical data and extort organizations.

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VISTA InfoSec

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What is Cybersecurity? Put simply, cybersecurity is any security system that protects our digital assets. Brute force attacks : Cyber attackers use trial-and-error methods to guess login credentials, exploiting weak passwords. System verification : The system checks the entered credentials. 5 - (2 votes)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton said corporate America needs to be more proactive about cybersecurity, warning that the threat of cyberattacks will continue, CNBC reported. Speaking on CNBC's “Power Lunch,” Clayton said cybersecurity risks compounded on the pandemic and the U.S. presidential election.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Visner of the National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) — managed by nonprofit MITRE , in support of the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence — told Karen Webster that cybersecurity threats to institutions and enterprises exist at several levels. Unseen and possibly unknown.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2024

A dangerous new strain of malware has emerged, posing a severe threat to banking app users and leading to significant financial losses and fraud, cybersecurity experts have warned. This allows it to evade anti-tampering mechanisms and remain hidden while compromising app security.

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Fintech News

JUNE 10, 2024

The authorities urge organisations to adopt robust cybersecurity measures to protect against these attacks. Akira affiliates gain initial access by exploiting vulnerabilities, brute-forcing services like Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), social engineering, and using compromised credentials.

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FICO

OCTOBER 10, 2016

This, in the public domain, is the single largest cyber-breach in history, affecting an estimated 500 million Yahoo users and potentially compromising their personal, demographic, contact and security information. But so is checking the rearview mirror for evidence of any past compromises. Why is that? And those risks are growing.

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Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2024

It typically operates by infecting a user’s device through various means, such as phishing emails, fake apps, or compromised websites. However, behind the scenes, the malware captures the user’s login credentials, account information, and other sensitive data entered into the fake UI.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

But for many service providers, achieving one can often mean compromising the other. Greater Security Without Compromising UX. The combination of an expanded attack surface and intensifying security regulations has financial service providers investing heavily in cybersecurity and other data protection technologies.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

Cybersecurity is a hot topic today. Future of Cybersecurity: Trends & Startups To Watch. Future of Cybersecurity: Trends & Startups To Watch. Learn about active cyber defense strategies and what they mean for the future of enterprise cybersecurity. Most recently, Dow Jones saw over 2.4M

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

If you’re one of the many, many companies recently targeted by WannaCry , you’ve just been handed a harsh reality check in the importance of enterprise cybersecurity. Maybe you had ignored previous warnings or felt cybersecurity technology was unnecessary. Or maybe you actually had cybersecurity measures in place that failed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

CyberArk , the cybersecurity company, announced on Wednesday (Sept. The patent covers methods and systems to map risks arising from credentials, especially privileged credentials, present on machines in the network that, once compromised, enable attackers to access and compromise other machines in the network.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Outside of the Instacart platform, attackers may target individuals using phishing or credential stuffing techniques. ” But on the contrary, Nick Espinosa , head of cybersecurity firm Security Fanatics , said the data looked “recent and totally legit,” Buzzfeed News reported.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

For some, like small suppliers, a compromise of sensitive data and credentials can lead to a few hundred or thousand dollars fraudulently obtained from a business client, often via the Business Email Compromise scam. The impact from a data breach on an enterprise can be a mixed bag. 2013, resulting in $3.1 ”

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The Fintech Times

MAY 9, 2024

By leveraging generative AI Visa’s VAAI Score identifies the likelihood of complex enumeration attacks in real-time to help reduce fraud without compromising the integrity of Visa’s performance and accuracy. ” At Visa, security and reliability are top priorities year-round.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

did not have basic cybersecurity safeguards while it ran a service powered by artificial intelligence (AI) on the carrier’s website last year and in 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the news outlet, hackers changed the source code of the chatbot via compromised credentials. Delta Airlines Inc.

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Seon

JUNE 24, 2024

Still, the pursuit can be defined as endeavors that ensure secure and reliable digital identity management, including preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information, such as login credentials, PII and financial information. Employee training on identity risk management best practices strengthens organizational defenses.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

In a post on its website, Instacart said its investigation concluded the San Francisco-based company was not compromised. Instead, Instacart said hackers used credential stuffing, a practice in which usernames and passwords stolen from other sites are used to hack into other accounts. “It

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

In this week’s Data Digest, PYMNTS rounds up the latest cases and research into how corporates are being targeted with crimes like the business email compromise (BEC) scam, as well as how they’re fighting back. The year-over-year cybersecurity budget increase amounts to an average spend of $2,691 per employee.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The practice may have been halted there, at least, but it shines a bit of light on how black markets for (stolen) assets and credentials continue to proliferate around the world and target virtual verticals. The tools are there, but mindset matters.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

They often hack into these consumers’ accounts using passwords stolen from other sites that use the same login credentials, for example. Banks were expected to boost their cybersecurity budgets by 15 percent in 2020 compared to previous years, spending an average of $3,000 per employee on such upgrades.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), recently tweeted that people should be wary of these attacks and pay attention to how they work, especially when it comes to infrastructure. These efforts are often enabled through common tactics like spear-phishing, password spraying and credential stuffing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The Italian bank indicated that a 2015 file containing customers’ names, addresses, emails and phone numbers was compromised. The data leak did not include any financial information or the credentials required to access client accounts. billion) on cybersecurity enhancements. In the past three years, UniCredit has spent €2.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

The business email compromise (BEC) scam is a cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes, and the financial and security implications of a successful attack aren’t isolated to its target. As the threat grows more sophisticated, so do cybersecurity initiatives. The BEC scam can manifest in many forms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Compromised credit card fraud increased 212 percent year over year in 2019, while customer credential leaks increased 129 percent during the same period. Fraudsters are notorious for working together on collective fraud schemes, sharing stolen data and techniques with each other to fool cybersecurity systems. billion pounds ($5.2

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

To combat this, hackers are looking to gain access to sensitive information by taking a much easier route: using legitimate credentials to go right inside. The bad guys realize that we’re getting better at locking the doors, so they have to go after the keys, and really, that’s what those user credentials are.”.

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EBizCharge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

An incident is only considered a data breach if the confidentiality of data is compromised. Phishing attacks trick individuals into disclosing their login credentials or other sensitive information through deceptive emails or websites. These breaches can have devastating consequences, both financially and in terms of reputation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

A P2P (peer-to-peer) technology ingrained in millions of IoT ( Internet of Things ) devices, including security cameras, smart doorbells, baby monitors and video recorders, has many security flaws that allow them to be compromised easily, exposing users to dangers from eavesdropping, credential theft and takeovers from remote locations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Organizations are ramping up cybersecurity investments in response to the ever-climbing threat of data breaches and cyberattacks. The company commissioned Spiceworks to survey 600 security and IT leaders about their biggest concerns and areas of focus in supply chain cybersecurity. million business email compromise scam.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

It’s been an interesting week when it comes to Apple’s cybersecurity news. Whether a mysterious “crime family” is really out to compromise iCloud and.mac accounts is yet to be seen, but either way the possible extortion of a tech giant is worrisome. This is a highly likely scenario.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The SEC put out various alerts over the entirety of the pandemic on the danger of the attacks, warning various sizes of businesses about ransomware attacks affecting broker dealers and investment advisors as well as credential compromises taking peoples' login information and exposing private information.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to a report from cybersecurity firm Symantec, the attack mirrors tactics used by the unidentified group that orchestrated an $81 million hack of Bangladesh’s central bank earlier this year. The payment system of handbag company Vera Bradley may have been compromised by a massive data breach last month. and Ukraine.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Companies in the region report a 28 percent rise in cyber threats, highlighting the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures. Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Singapore, the cybersecurity landscape saw a significant surge in phishing attempts targeting local entities in 2022.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With a wealth of stolen credentials to pick from in the wake of several data breaches that comprised the identities of millions, fraudsters have more resources than ever. Yet, how can banks protect against identity theft and application fraud with so many details compromised? Fraud is rampant and thriving. Inverting the Fraud Approach.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Stacy Arruda, a former special agent with the FBI and now executive director of the state of Florida ISAO on cybersecurity, said that part of the problem is that when it comes to protecting credit unions — and really any financial institution — danger lurks in what they don’t know. But, as they say, prevention begins at home.

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