Identity IQ

AUGUST 19, 2023

7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing IdentityIQ With the internet, we can access vast amounts of information with only a click or tap. This year, the total number of internet users worldwide reached 5.18 And as immense as the internet is, so are the risks. Many threats lurk in its corners.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

7 Tips to Follow for Safer Internet Day IdentityIQ The 20 th annual Safer Internet Day is taking place on Feb. Safer Internet Day is a campaign that aims to educate the public on internet safety and encourage everyone to take part in creating a safer internet. Why is Safer Internet Day Important?

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Banks are taking revolutionary approaches to digitize and streamline the customer experience - but these measures could come with a cost without strategic cybersecurity measures. The world is changing, and the banking industry is evolving too. The Industry Digital banking is transforming the way people access and manage their finances.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2022

Anonymous announced that the affiliate group Black Rabbit World has leaked 28 GB of data stolen from the Central Bank of Russia. This week the Anonymous hacker collective claims to have hacked the Central Bank of Russia and stole accessed 35,000 documents. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Central Bank of Russia). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Online shopping, mobile banking, even accessing your e-mails — all these can expose you to cyber threats. Everything connected to the internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Make sure that passwords for e-mail, banking, social media and shopping accounts are all different. Other Tips for Internet Safety in a Nutshell.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

Fintech platform Hatch Bank disclosed a data breach, hackers exploited a recently discovered zero-day in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT secure file-sharing platform. Hatch Bank is a fintech firm that provides services to other fintech companies. Hatch Bank then worked to identify contact information for the impacted individuals.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Tips to Help Avoid Internet Fraud IdentityIQ Today, where the internet plays a crucial role in our daily lives, it is essential to be vigilant and proactive in helping protect yourself from internet fraud. Continue reading to learn how help to protect yourself from the dangers of internet fraud.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2022

Because of Covid-19 lockdowns, the banking world across the globe has switched to the online banking plan. For all the basic needs, people need not visit the bank premises on a physical note. As they can opt for online banking services, to quench all their account needs.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. Cloud Router was previously called 911 S5.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A new banking trojan dubbed maxtrilha (due to its encryption key) has been discovered in the last few days and targeting customers of European and South American banks. The new maxtrilha trojan is being disseminated and targeting several banks around the world. Figure 1: High-level diagram of maxtrilha banking trojan.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The year 2020 disrupted just about every industry, including retail banking. Locked down at home, consumers were abruptly forced to do all their banking over the internet. The sudden transition profoundly impacted banks and created unprecedented demands on online infrastructure. Some sites crashed altogether.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Researchers at Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL) have found a new version of the Android banking Trojan called Godfather. Anubis was a widely used Android banking Trojan that lost popularity after its functionality got limited by Android updates and security vendors’ detection and prevention efforts.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

From 2015 to July 2022, 911 S5 sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, as “proxies” that allowed customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 26, 2022

Businesses, consumers, and other Internet users are constantly exposed to […]. The post Cyber Reporting: New Legislation Impacts US Banks appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2019

Outside of giants JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and U.S. firms are comprised of community banks and regional credit unions. These smaller institutions, much like the giants, are hustling to expand mobile banking services. This is the new space that allows for combining these channels in banking.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While the Russian army is conducting coordinated missile and drone strikes in Ukraine experts observed Internet disruptions in the country. Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported widespread Internet disruptions in the country as a result of the attacks. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 7, 2021

As consumer activities increased, fraudsters attempted to hide their transactions in the legions of legitimate banking. Combining all banking – internet, telephone, and branch – fraud attacks grew a whopping 159% in Q1 2021 compared to Q4 2020.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 5, 2023

Ransomware is creating additional work for a major Spanish bank. The bank released a statement on June 2, which reads as follows: COMUNICADO OFICIAL En el día de ayer, registramos un ciberincidente, consistente en un ataque informático a algunos equipos locales a través de un virus tipo #ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The largest and oldest bank in Russia Sberbank faced the record-breaking DDoS attack that reached 1 million RPS. Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Twenty-four years ago, the World Bank was connecting all the central banks of the world to the internet, so as to improve liquidity and to wire up electronic finance. The post Cyber Bank Heists report | Code Patrol podcast | Contrast Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 1, 2023

Despite a very slim browser market share, Internet Explorer (IE) is still being exploited by exploit kits like the RIG exploit kit (EK). According to Malwarebytes’ Senior Director of Threat Intelligence Jérôme Segura: “RIG EK is probably one of the last exploit kits targeting Internet Explorer still around.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Proofpoint researchers uncovered a campaign exclusively targeting French entities and organizations with operations in France with the banking malware TinyNuke. The post TinyNuke banking malware targets French organizations appeared first on Security Affairs. Most of the websites involved in the campaigns use the French language. .

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2024

Benishti told me about a remarkable GAN-powered phishing simulation test that took place recently with highly-trained bank employees. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW For a full drill down, please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. In fact, by 2023, the number of internet users is set to increase by 275% , creating more targets for online banking fraudsters. A recent Which?

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. That identifying information was then used to establish a bank account to receive stolen BEC/EAC funds and then transferred to a cryptocurrency account.”

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McAfee

MAY 10, 2021

Even as the internet kept us connected with family and friends during the pandemic, people remain understandably eager to reconnect in person as vaccines roll out and restrictions ease. A VPN can provide bank-grade encryption that protects your data while you shop, bank, or simply surf online when connected to public Wi-Fi. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Once obtained the SIM cards, they were able to bypass SMS-based 2FA used to access bank accounts and steal the money.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2019 Internet Crime Report , a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2019 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends observed in the last 12 months.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Group-IB has detected massive campaigns targeting Russian financial institutions posing as the Central Bank of Russia. The emails were disguised to look as if they come from the Central Bank of Russia and FinCERT, the Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team. SSL certificates were not used for DKIM verification.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2023

Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW In the short run companies subject to federal financial institution jurisdiction will have to hustle to get their API act together; and in the long run other companies in other verticals should follow suit.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 28, 2021

A Case Study Of Brazilian Internet Banking Security To Show That It Should!’ Many thanks to USENIX Enigma 2021 for publishing these outstanding conference videos on the YouTube USENIX Channel ; don't miss this erudite 27 video information & cybersecurity event. ’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2021

Experts warn that cybercriminals are targeting Indonesia’s major banks posing as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. To lure victims, cybercriminals pose as bank representatives or customer support team members on Twitter. From January to early March 2021, this scheme grew in scope 2.5-fold

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2020

There seems to be a new stealer in town called #TroyStealer , targeting Portuguese internet users EXE: [link] Exfil email address: domionhuby@gmail.com Has anyone seen this threat before? /cc The message sent in the email template is related to problems with the victim’s bank account. on Twitter, and targeting Portuguese users.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 21, 2021

A Case Study Of Brazilian Internet Banking Security To Show That It Should!’ Many thanks to USENIX Enigma 2021 for publishing these outstanding conference videos on the YouTube USENIX Channel ; don't miss this erudite 27 video information & cybersecurity event. ’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A financial cybercrime group calling itself the Disneyland Team has been making liberal use of visually confusing phishing domains that spoof popular bank brands using Punycode , an Internet standard that allows web browsers to render domain names with non-Latin alphabets like Cyrillic. Bank customers. Bank customers.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2018

In a move to blanket the Internet with encrypted website traffic, Google is moving forward with its insistence that straggling website publishers adopt HTTPS Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). DigiCert supplies SSL/TLS certificates and other PKI solutions for securing web traffic and the Internet of Things. Related: How PKI can secure IoT.

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