VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 19, 2024

However, this convenience comes with significant cyber risks that can compromise sensitive information and privacy. In the context of video communication, attackers may impersonate colleagues or trusted contacts, sending invitations to join a video meeting through phishing emails.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

With the business email compromise (BEC) phishing attack a continuously growing threat for businesses large and small, organizations are exploring how strategic cybersecurity investments can protect them when bad actors attempt to steal company cash or redirect business payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Growing attack-related expenses force businesses to remain vigilant against emerging threats, including phishing and other types of fraud that their own employees may willingly or unwillingly perpetuate. The scheme originated from a number of phishing emails that targeted a handful of employees. Fighting the Phishers.

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VISTA InfoSec

MAY 12, 2024

When used, these devices will collect payment details without the merchant’s knowledge, compromising customer data security. Many cyberattacks specifically target people through phishing and other kinds of social engineering. Solving this issue means empowering your employees to understand the nature of today’s cyber threats.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Today, we bring you insights from industry leaders regarding the changing dynamics of cybersecurity threats and trends in 2024, including AI’s impact, behavioural biometrics, fraud prevention, masking and enhanced security for financial services.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 15, 2024

In a move to bolster cybersecurity and protections for AI models against hacking and sabotage, the UK government has officially unveiled a host of new measures, which also hope to set a new global standard. The codes set out requirements for developers to make products more resilient against tampering, hacking, and sabotage.

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Seon

JUNE 27, 2024

Such uncertainty is unwelcome in cybersecurity and fraud. As AI-driven progress continues to surge, questions arise about maintaining its progress over the long term without compromising security. These advancements have changed the way we approach cybersecurity and fraud detection.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Google issued a stark warning last week about the state of cybersecurity: Phishing attacks are on the rise and continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities resulting from the global pandemic. The warning coincided with separate reports related to Google and cybersecurity. Taking into account the estimated 30.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

New data was released this week with an urgent, albeit not necessarily unexpected, message: ransomware and other phishing attacks continue to dramatically spike, with more frequent and more expensive attacks hitting businesses and government entities of all sizes. The New York Times reported Sunday (Feb. as to which services we use.”

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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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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Cleafy , a fraud prevention, cybersecurity expert, data scientist, and software engineer team, has launched new technology to proactively classify, detect and respond to new malware variants in real-time, to tackle an issue presenting growing levels of threat. However, new online banking and fintech solutions are often left in the dark.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

companies via the Business Email Compromise scam, reports in The East African said last week. Through Operation reWired, we are sending a clear message to the criminals who orchestrate these Business Email Compromise schemes that ‘I will keep coming after you, no matter where you are.’”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

A phishing scam making the rounds and targeting businesses is using the Square name to fool its targets. Last year, small business accounting company MYOB had its name used by phishing scammers who targeted small businesses. While there are several versions of the email, they all include the Square logo, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Cybersecurity can seem an overwhelming challenge to organizations considering the pace of cyber-attackers’ evolution that seems to force cybersecurity solution providers into a perpetual game of catch-up. Less than half of IT professionals in the U.S.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 21, 2023

Data breaches are affecting millions of people across the globe, with over 340 million records already compromised in 2023 headline cases and new incidents surfacing every week. You need to know if any data has been compromised and, if so, where it may have been shared.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Security experts are practically begging corporates to get serious with cybersecurity. Google is a vocal player in the fight for enterprise cybersecurity. The phishing threat is even greater, with attackers more than six times as likely to hit a corporate inbox than a personal one, Google said.

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Clearly Payments

MARCH 4, 2024

From the Target data breach that compromised millions of customer accounts to the collapse of Wirecard AG following revelations of accounting fraud, these fraud events serve as stark reminders of the vulnerabilities within payment systems. Over 40 million credit and debit card accounts compromised.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Experts say an employee phishing scam is likely to blame for the data breach affecting millions of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor payment cards. Separate reports by the Associated Press also pointed to an email phishing scam as the likely culprit. The Canadian company noted it has commenced an investigation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Leigh Reichel , new chief financial officer of cybersecurity firm INKY Technology Corp. We have seen phishing attacks surge since the pandemic started,” Reichel said. Phishing scams continue to proliferate in the number of attacks and dollar value of losses.”. Spear Phishing. Business Email Compromise.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The added anonymity provided by such wallets can help prevent phishing and other humancentric attacks that could compromise your funds or personal data. Common additional authentication factors include biometric scans and one-time passwords, both of which should be considered since they are especially challenging for hackers to spoof.

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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to public companies: tighten cybersecurity controls or risk being in violation of federal law. The regulator issued a report based on the SEC Enforcement Division’s investigations of nine public companies that lost millions of dollars as the result of cyber fraud.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Cybersecurity experts are urging small business (SMB) owners to not ignore the risks they face from cyberattacks. The service includes educational materials as well, like training videos and guidance on internal cybersecurity policy development. In a press release on Tuesday (Feb. In a press release on Tuesday (Feb. Education Is Key.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 29, 2024

Users are protected against phishing attacks through anti-phishing mechanisms. Its intent is to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the owner’s data, applications, or the operating system itself. New requirement to identify and safeguard staff from phishing attacks.

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Stax

MARCH 4, 2024

Taking precautions to implement security measures such as secure firewalls and cybersecurity training helps to protect cardholder data and other sensitive information. It’s also critical to ensure card information is protected from data breaches with secure encryption and cybersecurity standards in place.

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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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The Fintech Times

JUNE 20, 2024

David Atkinson , CEO of SenseOn , the cybersecurity firm, explains why financial organisations should understand vulnerabilities, defend against evolving cyber threats and how leveraging technology that can actively flag and isolate serious threats will decrease the damage. So what can firms do to better mitigate this risk?

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VISTA InfoSec

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What is Cybersecurity? Put simply, cybersecurity is any security system that protects our digital assets. In Conclusion: MFA – A Cornerstone of Modern Cybersecurity The use of MFA as a security mechanism remains in the frontline of cyber defense. 5 - (2 votes)

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

We immediately started an investigation, with assistance from leading cybersecurity forensics experts, to determine what happened and what information was involved,” T-Mobile states in the notice. “We That incident, the company stated at the time, involved some of the same information that was compromised in the latest incident.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In general, hackers turn to methods such as social engineering, malware and spear phishing to target digital currency exchanges. The most popular attack vector on corporate networks is spear phishing. In order to accomplish this, the scammers deliver malware. Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2017

In this week’s Hacker Tracker , Radware shares its global cybersecurity research on what’s really motivating cybercriminals, a Gmail phishing attack targets savvy users and the U.S.’s In many cases, experienced or tech savvy users can spot a phishing email scam from a mile away. Money On The (Cybercriminal) Brain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The FBI is currently investigating the attacks, and the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a warning Sunday about an “active exploitation” that involved SolarWinds ’ Orion Platform software. That software was released earlier this year, between March and June.

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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

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

According to The Wall Street Journal , researchers at a Silicon Valley cybersecurity company discovered the cyberattack attempts. The hackers sent phishing emails to the utilities’ employees in an attempt to get malware — dubbed “Lookback” — installed on computers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses.

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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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