Security News

Alleged SIM swapping crypto-crooks cuffed, iOS app snooping, ad-fraud botnets, and more
2019-02-09 08:39

All your extra bits and bytes of this week's infosec news in less than 5 minutes Roundup Here's a summary of more infosec news beyond what we've already reported this week – enjoy.…

20 Indicted in Multimillion-Dollar Online Fraud Scheme
2019-02-08 03:13

Federal prosecutors have indicted 20 people in a multimillion-dollar international online fraud scheme. read more

Using Gmail "Dot Addresses" to Commit Fraud
2019-02-06 16:24

In Gmail addresses, the dots don't matter. The account "[email protected]" maps to the exact same address as "[email protected]" and "[email protected]" -- and so on....

Failed Fraud Against UK Bank Abused Mobile Infrastructure
2019-02-05 10:33

Fresh SS7 Fraud Highlights Ongoing Call Routing WeaknessesA U.K. bank says no customers lost money after cyberattackers attempted account takeovers by rerouting one-time passcodes, Motherboard...

Why Fighting Card-Not-Present Fraud Remains an Ongoing Challenge
2019-02-04 17:17

The recent takedown of the xDedic marketplace—where threat actors had been buying and selling access to compromised remote desktop protocol (RDP) servers since at least 2016 and that, according to...

Why you need to use DMARC and SPF on mail servers to prevent phishing and fraud
2019-02-01 15:36

Open-source, industry standard specifications are available to protect your business, but real-world deployment is still lower than optimal.

eCommerce credit card fraud is nearly an inevitability
2019-01-31 06:15

Riskified surveyed 5,000 US-based consumers aged 18 and older about their online shopping behaviors, experience with and prevalence of credit card fraud, repeat shopping likelihood and customer...

AI-platform Mimiro raises $30 million to tackle terrorist funding, money-laundering and fraud
2019-01-31 01:00

Mimiro (formerly ComplyAdvantage) has raised USD $30 million from investors to accelerate the global expansion of its machine-learning platform for analysing the risk of financial crime. By...

Advanced Fraud Solutions partners with Q6 Cyber to fight card fraud
2019-01-18 02:30

Advanced Fraud Solutions and Q6 Cyber unveiled that they have partnered to integrate Q6 data feeds directly into the TrueCards fraud prevention software platform. TrueCards is a tool allowing...