Security News

Widespread Phishing Campaign Targets Financial Institutions
2018-08-17 18:48

A phishing attack on Wednesday fueled by the Necurs botnet targeted at least 2,700 banking institutions of various sizes in the U.S. and around the world, explains Aaron Higbee of Cofense, which...

Highly Flexible Marap Malware Enters the Financial Scene
2018-08-16 20:24

A new downloader, which has been spotted in an array of recent email campaigns, uses anti-analysis techniques and calls in a system fingerprinting module.

ThreatList: Financial-Themed Phishing Lures Sink Hooks into Targets in Q2
2018-08-15 13:15

In addition to traditional phishing, fraudulent cryptocurrency offers is a rising trend.

Phishing attacks hit financial services, tech companies hardest: How to stay safe
2018-08-14 15:29

Cybercriminals used phishing attacks to steal user data and money, according to a recent Kaspersky Lab report.

Managed Detection & Response for Financial Services
2018-08-10 19:33

Ransomware. Phishing. Credential stuffing. These are among the top threats to financial institutions of all sizes. But small-to-midsized ones are particularly challenged to detect and respond to...

Threatlist: Financial Services Firms Lag in Patching Habits
2018-08-07 13:15

Half of breached firms say they were compromised due to a vulnerability for which a patch was available but not applied.

Financial institutions fight cybercrime with intelligent platform from Fiserv and BlueVoyant
2018-07-30 21:34

Fiserv and BlueVoyant announced a strategic alliance to deliver a managed security platform that addresses the needs of financial institutions – from threat detection, response and remediation to...

On Financial Fraud
2018-07-25 11:29

There are some good lessons in this article on financial fraud: That's how we got it so wrong. We were looking for incidental breaches of technical regulations, not systematic crime. And the thing...

Socure’s Aida establishes trust and certainty for online financial transactions
2018-07-20 17:00

Socure announced Aida (Authentic Identity Agent), the bot for establishing trust in online transactions. Named in honor of Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer scientist, Aida uses artificial...

Financial Industry Insiders Put the Keys to the Kingdom at Risk
2018-07-19 10:50

Monitoring for Illicit Insider Activity Shouldn’t Focus Exclusively on Dark Web and Criminal Forums read more