Krebs on Security

APRIL 28, 2020

But you probably didn’t know that these fraudsters also can use caller ID spoofing to trick your bank into giving up information about recent transactions on your account — data that can then be abused to make their phone scams more believable and expose you to additional forms of identity theft.

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Scams Banking Accountability Financial Services 355

Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Among the leaked data were bank account details, bank statements, credit card numbers, full names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, emails, personal identification documents, and employees’ and candidates’ CVs. A misconfiguration of the bank systems exposed millions of records with sensitive data.

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Banking Identity Theft Accountability Phishing 98

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Financial services are the main target for cybercriminals, so the threat for the organizations and their customers is severe. The leak also affected Bloom Money and Admiral Money – two financial companies based in the UK, and Reed, which is the UK’s top recruitment agency. env) belonging to idkit.com, owned by OCR Labs.

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Banking Financial Services Identity Theft Accountability 93

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Credit cards offer markedly better fraud protections than debit cards , which connect directly to your bank account. Virtual credit cards similarly allow online shoppers to mask their financial accounts. Many financial institutions offer free transaction alerts that notify you when charges hit your account.

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Scams Retail Banking Passwords 243

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Once the number has been transferred, the criminal has control of any accounts that are identified by caller ID (including many financial institutions) as well as any accounts protected by two-factor authentication. It is believed this was the method used to recently hack Jack Dempsey’s Twitter account. . What You Can Do.

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Scams Accountability Financial Services Insurance 197

SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

Moreover, it will look at cybercriminal activities related to circumventing identity and authentication mechanisms for these innovations, including the development of synthetic identities, identity theft and account takeovers.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Banking Identity Theft Media 71

Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Forex trading may be dominated by banks and global financial services but, thanks to the Internet, the average person can today dabble directly in forex, securities and commodities trading. A German User’s Account. An Australian User’s Account. Financial details such as. Identity Theft and Fraud.

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Passwords Accountability Media Identity Theft 125

Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Data breaches caused by weak security measures and procedures result in severe monetary losses, erosion of clients’ trust, and irreversible reputation damage to organizations in the healthcare, financial services, technology, and retail industries, as well as government and public sector entities.

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Data breaches Healthcare Telecommunications Financial Services 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Millions of customers of large businesses have been left vulnerable to identity theft, thanks to a security flaw that exposes their personal data to illicit download. Among those affected are clients of Europcar, a vehicle rental service, and FxPro, a trading platform. Verification process.

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Identity Theft Accountability Data breaches Social Engineering 94

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Protected Health Information (PHI), private financial records, and a selection of other sensitive data hold all the required elements to perpetrate crimes such as blackmail, impersonation, and identity theft, or a combinations of these.

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Identity Theft Encryption Big data Financial Services 87

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While advocates believe this will be a net positive for consumers, there is also concern that opening up such data to hundreds of new organizations could result in higher rates of fraud, like identity theft, if they ended up in the wrong hands. Indeed, the evolution of security efforts in the U.K.

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Digital transformation Banking Risk Identity Theft 73

Dark Reading

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Much like any other banking channel, financial institutions need to strengthen their customer authentication if they expect to stop fraud in the financial services industry, said Neil Schwartzman of secure messaging infrastructure provider, Message Bus.

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Banking Authentication Risk Identity Theft 40

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Crimeware is a type of malware that cyber criminals use to commit identity theft or gain financial information to execute transactions. Capital markets, insurance, financial services, and banking are now online. The techniques used in digital financial crimes are varied. Crimeware and spyware.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For example, one website offered users to obtain a COVID vaccination certificate by entering their British National Health Service (NHS) account credentials. Scammers abused legitimate survey services by creating polls in the name of various organization to profit from victims’ personal, including sensitive, data.

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Phishing Scams Accountability Energy and Utilities 91

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2024

Because while the goal – opening a bank account – remains the same, consumer expectations, the process itself, and the security measures involved have all been redefined. Yet, it’s important for financial services to understand that the passkey discussion centers on synced versus device-bound options.

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Banking Authentication Identity Theft Mobile 77

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In its 2021 Threat Force Intelligence Index , IBM reported that manufacturing and financial services were the two industries most at risk for attack, making up 23.2% Fraud.net offers specific solutions for a number of industries, including gaming, financial services, and eCommerce, as well as government organizations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Data breaches Identity Theft Ransomware Hacking 104

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

Cybersecurity experts at both Microsoft and SecureWorks said that the hacker group – called Nobelium by Microsoft but which also is known as APT29 – accessed the Constant Contact email marketing account used by the U.S. Microsoft officials said the attack targeted 3,000 email accounts at 150 organizations.

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