In a series of crypto giveaway scams, cybercriminals targeted the official Twitter accounts of the Indian Medical Association, the Indian Council of World Affairs and Mann Deshi bank. The incidents highlight why social media accounts need better access management strategies.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how the ransomware-as-a-service model shifted in 2021, the rise of fraud in faster payments and how to prevent it, and one CISO's take on the state of the industry.
Advanced voice impersonation and deepfake technologies are giving rise to cybercrime groups that offer Vishing-as-a-Service, security researchers say. Vishing is proving to be successful in tricking victims and bypassing voice authorization mechanisms.
In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including how the FBI has seized bitcoins from an alleged REvil ransomware affiliate, how to mitigate risks from BIN attacks and the latest COVID-19 trends globally.
A newly identified banking Trojan dubbed SharkBot is now targeting banking and cryptocurrency exchange customers across the U.K., Italy and the U.S. through a sideloading campaign and/or a social engineering campaign.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of attempts made by European law enforcement to encourage young cybercriminals to channel their skills in more ethical ways. Also featured: Fraud detection and response; inspiring behavioral change.
For fraudsters, there has been no respite. The fraud
economy took no pandemic hit. There was no
reduction in schemes among adversaries and they
experienced no job losses. Instead, shifts toward an increased dependency on digital channels have presented a myriad of new opportunities for illicit
financial gain....
Researchers at the security firm Cisco Talos have spotted an ongoing campaign using an updated variant of the "Neurevt" Trojan to target customers of financial institutions in Mexico.
A newly uncovered banking Trojan dubbed Vultur is targeting Android users through screen recording to capture the victims' banking credentials, a new report by security firm ThreatFabric says.
An ongoing hacking campaign is targeting Italian online banking users by infecting their devices with the Gozi banking Trojan and then prompting them to download Cerberus malware to make money transfers, according to IBM Security Intelligence.
Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered in the new Modern Bank Heists report authored by Tom Kellermann at VMware Carbon Black.
Visa's Payment Fraud Disruption team reports that cybercriminals are increasingly using web shells to establish command and control over a retailers' servers during payment card skimming attacks.
The mobile channel saw great user adoption in 2020 – and it saw a corresponding increase in fraud incidents. Tim Dalgleish of BioCatch discusses mobile fraud trends and the role of behavioral biometrics in enhancing user authentication.
In this interview with ISMG, Dalgleish discusses:
Mobile adoption and fraud...
The ongoing lockdown may be complicating the path of Cupid's arrows. But as another Valentine's Day rolls around, authorities are warning that romance scammers - and other types of fraudsters - are alive and well and have been increasingly preying on unsuspecting victims around the world.
Leverage Gartner insights to fortify payment fraud prevention strategies
As businesses transform to meet shifting consumer behavior and emerging fraud patterns in digital channels, it’s never been more important to assess the comprehensive financial impact of fraud solutions.
According to Gartner, “In...
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