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![Ex-Secret Service Agent Tackles Banking Cybercrime](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Former Secret Service agent Jeff Dant now heads fraud operations and intelligence for the financial crimes unit at BMO Financial Group. Which threats and threat actors does he focus on, and how...
![Banking PINs exposed in Monzo secure storage slip-up](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
When is a secure PIN not a secure PIN? When you accidentally store it in your log files.
![The Risk of Weak Online Banking Passwords](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there's a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves -- even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of...
![Biz tells ransomware victims it can decrypt their files... by secretly paying off the crooks and banking a fat margin](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-stats-small.jpg)
It's all in a lucrative day's work for Red Mosquito A Scottish managed services provider is running a lucrative sideline in ransomware decryption – however, a sting operation by a security firm...
![Europol arrests end GozNym banking malware gang](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Arrests in Europe and the US appear to have ended the cybercrime careers of the gang behind the GozNym banking malware.
![Cybercrime Gang Behind GozNym Banking Malware Dismantled](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Europol said it has dismantled the cybercrime network behind the GozNym malware, which siphoned more than $100 million from businesses.
!['GozNym' Banking Malware Gang Dismantled by International Law Enforcement](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
In a joint effort by several law enforcement agencies from 6 different countries, officials have dismantled a major cybercrime network behind GozNym banking malware that is responsible for...
![Live Webinar: Going Beyond the Cloud to Modernize Your Banking Infrastructure](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
![Hackers Add Security Software Removal to Banload Banking Malware](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
There are two primary characteristics of the Brazilian hacking scene: a focus on Brazil, and the adaptability of the hackers. Very strict money laws make trans-border money movement difficult,...
![Open banking establishes new access to banks’ networks, creating additional security issues](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
As more markets adopt open banking — which mandates banks to open their systems to third parties — it will be increasingly critical for banks to ensure the security of not only their networks, but...