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P-to-P fraud most concerning cyber threat in 2023: CSI

CSO Magazine

Industry respondents also expressed concerns over identity theft at 4%, unavailable or unaffordable cyber insurance at 4%, geopolitical risks at 3%, DDoS attacks at 2% and website defacement at 0.9%, according to CSI’s annual survey of the financial sector.

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Banks and other Govt organizations badly hit in New Zealand by Cyber Attack

CyberSecurity Insiders

A Cyber Attack that hit servers of several banking institutions of New Zealand(NZ) has disrupted the online services for over a week now. The post Banks and other Govt organizations badly hit in New Zealand by Cyber Attack appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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The role of cybersecurity in financial institutions -protecting against evolving threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Financial institutions face a range of cybersecurity threats, including phishing attacks, malware, ransomware, and denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks. These threats can result in the theft of sensitive customer data (PII), financial fraud, and reputational damage. Sometimes theft of PII can lead to identity theft too.

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Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password

Security Affairs

Source: Cybernews The information exposed in this data leak could have been exploited for fraud, identity theft, phishing attempts, or as a source of data for meticulously targeted cyberattacks. The leaked IP addresses introduce the risk of a takeover of a local network.

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). Identity Theft. Physical Manipulation, Damage, Theft and Loss. Emotet remains the most common type of malware infection, which started as a banking trojan, evolved, and now targets organizations regardless of industry vertical. ".it Web-based Attacks. Web Application Attacks.

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45 Main Cyber Security Terms Everyone Must Know

Spinone

DDoS (denial-of-service attack) – a type of a cyber attack which makes the site user wants to visit unusable by flooding it with malicious traffic. Account Hijacking – a type of identity theft, when a hacker hacks and steals someone’s account to perform malicious actions.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

From mining cryptocurrency to launching DDoS attacks against networks, there are countless ways in which malware can access and utilize victim’s computers and data. They can be used to launch spam emails and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, leveraging hundreds of thousands of compromised computers. Warning signs.