Security News

Generative AI Is reshaping financial fraud. Can security keep up?
2025-04-01 04:30

In this Help Net Security interview, Yinglian Xie, CEO at DataVisor, explains how evolving fraud tactics require adaptive, AI-driven prevention strategies. With fraudsters using generative AI to...

Android financial threats: What businesses need to know to protect themselves and their customers
2025-03-28 06:30

The rise of mobile banking has changed how businesses and customers interact. It brought about increased convenience and efficiency, but has also opened new doors for cybercriminals, particularly...

AdTech CEO whose products detected fraud jailed for financial fraud
2025-03-21 07:32

Made up revenue and pretended to use non-existent data The former CEO of Kubient, an advertising tech company that developed a cloudy product capable of detecting fraudulent ads, has been jailed...

How financial institutions can minimize their attack surface
2025-03-18 06:00

In this Help Net Security interview, Sunil Mallik, CISO of Discover Financial Services, discusses cybersecurity threats for financial institutions. He also shares insights on balancing compliance...

Russia warns financial sector of major IT service provider hack
2025-02-24 20:48

Russia's National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) is warning organizations in the country's credit and financial sector about a breach at LANIT, a major Russian IT service and...

India's banking on the bank.in domain cleaning up its financial services sector
2025-02-10 04:31

With over 2,000 banks in operation, a domain only they can access has clear potential to make life harder for fraudsters India’s Reserve Bank last week announced a plan to use adopt dedicated...

More destructive cyberattacks target financial institutions
2025-02-05 04:00

Financial institutions will continue to be the ultimate targets for criminals and threat actors, as a successful attack offers a significant payoff, according to Contrast Security. Contrast...

8 steps to secure GenAI integration in financial services
2025-02-04 04:30

GenAI offers financial services institutions enormous opportunities, particularly in unstructured dataset analysis and management, but may also increase security risks, according to FS-ISAC. GenAI...

Coyote Malware Expands Reach: Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions
2025-02-03 11:39

Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. "Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious activities,...

Preparing financial institutions for the next generation of cyber threats
2025-01-29 05:30

In this Help Net Security interview, James Mirfin, SVP and Head of Risk and Identity Solutions at Visa, discusses key priorities for leaders combating fraud, the next-generation threats...