SecureList

MAY 17, 2021

Bizarro is yet another banking Trojan family originating from Brazil that is now found in other regions of the world. Attempts have now been made to steal credentials from customers of 70 banks from different European and South American countries. The codenames are bank names written in leetspeak.

Banking 145

Banking Social Engineering Malware Engineering 145

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Cyber security in banking has become the frontline defense against an ever-growing wave of digital threats. With billions of dollars and sensitive data at risk, banks are under constant pressure to stay one step ahead of cybercriminals. Table of Contents Toggle What is Cyber Security in Banking?

Banking 109

Banking Identity Theft DDOS Cyber threats 109

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

From internal requirements that demanded secure yet efficient access for remote workforces, to external pressures such as the rise of cashless payments and other forms of frictionless financial processes, the pandemic required banks to examine and overhaul many of their processes. Addressing financial services’ key pain points.

Digital transformation 129

Digital transformation Banking Financial Services Internet 129

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Alien is considered a next-generation banking trojan that also implements remote-access features into their codebases. This banking Trojan is an optimal choice for crooks behind multiple fraudulent operations. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Banking Trojan). Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Banking 110

Banking Malware Advertising Architecture 110

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Lots of innovation has come down the pike with respect to imbuing zero trust into two pillars of security operations: connectivity and authentication. Much has been done with connectivity and authentication. Zero trust, put simply, means eliminating implicit trust. But that needs to change, he says.

Unstructured Data 272

Unstructured Data Malware Digital transformation Authentication 272

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 21, 2025

This dynamic panel will explore the evolving architectural approaches in complex scenarios. From onboarding methods designed to address deepfakes, to FIDO keys used for enhanced authentication, to real-world partner management delegation scenarios, this demo fleshes out theory with real-world applications.

B2B 71

B2B B2C Banking Authentication 71

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 19, 2021

Chris Clements, VP of Solutions Architecture, Cerberus Sentinel. The attacker claims to have compromised an end-of-lifed GPRS system that was exposed to the internet and was able to pivot from it to the internal network, where they were able to launch a brute force authentication attack against internal systems.

Data breaches 235

Data breaches Mobile Authentication Accountability 235

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. The TA505 group was involved in campaigns aimed at distributing the Dridex banking Trojan, along with Locky , BitPaymer , Philadelphia , GlobeImposter , and Jaff ransomware families.

Cybercrime 138

Cybercrime Security Intelligence Authentication Banking 138

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A lack of multifactor authentication (MFA) to protect privileged accounts was another culprit, at 10%, also 7 percentage points lower than average. However, banks and financial institutions have realized the problems of increased operational complexity and are taking the required steps to consolidate their tech stack.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Threat Reports Authentication Banking 62

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technical components: Website architecture must be reconfigured to ensure that search engines see multiple language versions of your website properlyas different subsets, not as duplicates. Flexible authentication methods Depending on the culture, different authentication methods can be more or less preferable or trusted.

Marketing 98

Marketing Cybersecurity eCommerce Data breaches 98

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

Risk 285

Risk VPN Internet Internet 285

SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2025

In Japan, attackers hijacked 800 SolarView Compact devices using known vulnerabilities to conduct banking fraud. Remediation: Implement robust authentication and authorization for all ecosystem interfaces including web, mobile, cloud, and backend APIs. Yes, you read that right.

Firmware 104

Firmware IoT Manufacturing Mobile 104

Duo's Security Blog

JULY 19, 2021

The project is a major re-architecture and redesign of the Duo multi-factor authentication experience. Similarly, budgeting applications like Mint.com needed access to your banking credentials to help track your spending, and website developers wanted ways to post users’ tweets on their own websites. This is a big no-no!

Authentication 130

Authentication Passwords Banking Architecture 130

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

“The threat actor was able to capture the employee’s master password as it was entered, after the employee authenticated with MFA, and gain access to the DevOps engineer’s LastPass corporate vault.” Not because they had an architecture (unlike 1Password) that makes such hacking a problem. Split up your assets.

Cryptocurrency 362

Cryptocurrency Passwords Encryption Accountability 362

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2022

By considering security first (not a detail to be added on later) and fully grasping cloud technology and risk exposure, your organization can ensure that the cloud architecture is secure before any data is migrated off-premises. It may slow the start but designing with security-first in mind can save you a lot of trouble down the road.

Cloud Migration 202

Cloud Migration Digital transformation Architecture Technology 202

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2025

Payment HSMs are the foundations of financial security in the modern era, enabling cryptographic controls to safeguard card transactions, electronic payments, and authentication processes. Prime Factors provides the BCSS (Bank Card Security System) middleware, simplifying payment security operations.

Digital transformation 71

Digital transformation Marketing Banking Cloud Migration 71

The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This summer Gartner designated API security as a stand-alone pillar in its security reference architecture, not just an add-on component to other systems. A startling 95% of API attacks happen on authenticated endpoints. So much so that the OWASP industry standards group maintains an API Security Top 10 List. Dearth of planning.

Big data 240

Big data Digital transformation Accountability Hacking 240

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In the last few years, many banking trojans developed by Latin American criminals have increased in volume and sophistication. Javali trojan is active since November 2017 and targets users of financial and banking organizations geolocated in Brazil and Mexico. Background of Latin American Trojans.

Antivirus 133

Antivirus Malware Banking Internet 133

Security Boulevard

JULY 10, 2023

Public key infrastructure (PKI)  offers a globally accepted standard for implementing various security protocols and authentication mechanisms.  e-commerce and online banking), and authenticate the identity of an entity in an online environment. The good news is that you don't have to reinvent the wheel.

Authentication 98

Authentication Encryption VPN Technology 98

eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2022

Most of the time, the hackers redirect users to a copy of the legitimate website to steal credentials or banking data. This attack relies on a client-server architecture and consists of using other protocols such as TCP or SSH to tunnel malware through DNS requests. It can prevent DNS spoofing with authentication. DNS tunneling.

DNS 137

DNS Encryption Penetration Testing Architecture 137

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

exe process according to the architecture of the compromised host. Every DNS call from victim computer to internet, matching with the list of banking sites hard-coded in the malware, will be modified; the malware adds in the original page a piece of javascript to steal sensible information such as username, password and session cookie.

Banking 105

Banking Malware Internet Internet 105

Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2023

The discovered database was not protected by authentication. Worryingly, it also allowed threat actors to modify the data, changing salary amounts and details of bank accounts used for salary payments. Treasure trove of data. The security loophole resulted in millions of private documents being revealed to the public.

Insurance 98

Insurance Identity Theft Penetration Testing Banking 98

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 16, 2022

Risk-based authentication (RBA) is quickly growing in popularity amongst identity and access management solutions. The reason is simple: it allows for improved customer experience by reducing friction in authentication journeys while maintaining appropriate security levels. The classic outcomes of risk in authentication.

Authentication 52

Authentication Risk Engineering VPN 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2022

It wasn’t just the recent Uber attack in which the victim’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) was compromised; at the core of the vast majority of cyber incidents is the theft and abuse of legitimate credentials. 1 – Attacker tradecraft centers on identity and MFA.

Cybersecurity 125

Cybersecurity CISO Insurance Ransomware 125

Security Boulevard

JUNE 27, 2025

Short-term goals include: achieving cryptographic inventory visibility deploying crypto-agile architectures implementing post-quantum pilot programs modernizing key and certificate management. Protect your password-manager account with multi-factor authentication, and with a strong password you haven’t used elsewhere.

Cyber threats 65

Cyber threats Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Password Management 65

SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Trickbot (aka TrickLoader or Trickster), is a successor of the Dyre banking Trojan that was active from 2014 to 2016 and performed man-in-the-browser attacks in order to steal banking credentials. Just like Dyre, its main functionality was initially the theft of online banking data. Trickbot was first discovered in October 2016.

Banking 145

Banking Passwords Internet Internet 145

SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2023

Municipalities have to hold massive amounts of PII [personally identifiable information] along with banking and payment card details. Residents don't have a choice of whether or not to share payment/banking information to pay property taxes or traffic tickets. On the plus side, they did mention multi-factor authentication and EDR.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Insurance CISO Cyber Risk 98

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2020

Furthermore, modern micro architectures and new cloud platforms mean that single applications are broken up into micro services that all need their own security scanning and testing.

Government 113

Government Mobile Digital transformation Software 113

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

From bank transfer cons to CEO fraud to elaborate phishing and spear phishing campaigns, cyber criminals have been quick to use deception as a major means of infiltrating networks and systems, and for remaining undetected while inside. Acalvio’s Deception Farm architecture and ShadowPlex application centralizes the deception process.

Technology 132

Technology Passwords Architecture IoT 132

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

According to the Software Engineering Institute, software architecture or coding flaws are responsible for up to 90% of security problems. Although web applications and their accompanying architecture are the primary emphases, most recommendations apply to any software deployment environment. Authentication and password management.

Authentication 79

Authentication Passwords Software Accountability 79

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fraudulent Authentication These types of attacks are relevant to ‘long term identities’ where a private key (recovered from a public key) can be used to authenticate to a system for a variety of purposes that include: to create credentials that allow authentication into systems with the aim of causing damage or extracting information.

Risk 87

Risk Encryption Technology Architecture 87

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

Network Security 98

Network Security Firewall Penetration Testing Encryption 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Security professionals know adequate security requires encryption, tokenization, authentication, and access management, so why are their good intentions too often sidelined? The proliferation of cloud adoption, the advancement of open banking systems and strict data privacy regulations are just a few. Encryption Key Custodianship.

Financial Services 17

Financial Services Encryption Threat Reports Digital transformation 17

Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

They may be after banking details or confidential company information that could be exploited for financial gain. With its core principle of “never trust, always verify,” Zero Trust overcomes the limitations of traditional architectures by requiring continuous verification.

Architecture 52

Architecture Authentication Risk Insurance 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2022

Bots and fraudsters will locate the weak points in your architecture. . Verify that there are no software injection, encryption, and authentication attacks. Authentication frauds. Authentication frauds are common, and they can give hackers a legitimate user on whom to launch an attack. . Use fraud prevention software.

eCommerce 112

eCommerce Cyber Attacks Passwords Mobile 112

SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The goals and target scope of these projects can be different: from searching for vulnerabilities in an online banking application to identifying attack vectors against ICS systems and critical infrastructure assets. So, the analyst looks at the overall business impact of the attack vector and the risk level of the vulnerabilities involved.

Penetration Testing 111

Penetration Testing Banking Cybersecurity Social Engineering 111

eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Generally, when you adhere to the cloud security best practices , such as strong authentication, data encryption, and continuous monitoring, the cloud can be extremely safe. Manage access controls: Implement strong user authentication measures. Encrypt data: Ensure that data is encrypted at rest and in transit.

Encryption 120

Encryption Risk Passwords Technology 120