PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

“It’s fairly new,” Dhawan said of this particular fraud and hacking threat. That leaves such companies vulnerable to weaknesses in such code — gaps that may be widespread and well-exploited by fraudsters. Across all industries,” Dhawan said, “we were surprised at how much of this information was vulnerable.”.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Enterprise Continuous Threat Exposure Management While many banks are advanced in managing their ongoing exposure management, the pace of change is causing banks to rethink their cyber defense. AI and generative AI will continue to help banks get better at threat management, but it also opens another attack surface for criminals.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and commerce operators in 2018 seem quaint — or, at the least, like relatively primitive foreshadowing of a new type of digital criminality. Security Vulnerabilities. The main areas of security risk?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

RiskIQ ’s 2018 “ The Evil Internet Minute ” investigated the cyber threats that organizations and internet users face every minute. “These attackers target brands and consumers on the open web with tactics like phishing, spinning up malicious mobile apps, hacking third-party suppliers and directly compromising websites.”

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JUNE 7, 2020

At this point, all of these networks for private, permissioned networks and malicious actors were treated as insider threat detection incidents, which is mostly an HR concern. A threat to the integrity of a peer to peer system will likely focus on one of these vectors. Limitations.

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MAY 20, 2020

Key Takeaways Hackers are attacking personal DNS networks inside homes. With many more millions of people currently working from home on their own network hardware, DNS Hijacking poses an immediate threat both to individuals and their employers. The World Health Organization has been a big target by hackers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Unfortunately, for many corporates, vulnerabilities in their systems — even with the latest technology — won’t be discovered until they’re taken advantage of by cyber attackers. Cybersecurity software firm Rapid7 recently published a report on its efforts to find these vulnerabilities before hackers do.

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Cisco

JANUARY 12, 2021

When we think about supply chain attacks, we tend to conjure up an image of grocery or pharmaceutical products being deliberately contaminated or some other physical threat against things we buy or the components that collectively become a finished product. ” – John Chambers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Carolyn Crandall, CMO of Attivo Networks , joined this week’s Hacker Tracker to share the vulnerabilities impacting POS systems and discuss whether massive data breaches are on the horizon in the months ahead. The most common types of threat actions used by hackers include brute force, the use of stolen credentials and offline cracking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

WatchGuard just released its quarterly Internet Security Report which showed that four out of the top 10 malware threats last quarter were Linux-based. Linux Malware Threats. Linux-based threats showed up in a few forms. Legacy antivirus software has been missing more and more threats, as many as 38 percent. It’s faster.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Meeting this fraud threat will require in-depth knowledge of fraudsters’ techniques and advanced technology and customer vigilance, according to Jamie Armistead , vice president and business line leader for banking app Zelle. The economic anxiety associated with the pandemic has made victims especially vulnerable.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

vulnerabilities, offers a bit of roadmap across some familiar terrain. It’s also important to realize that, inside the country itself, the people making decisions — i.e., the people at the very top — are highly rational. Addressing The Vulnerabilities. and Iran (there’s that threat of escalation, again). What Iran Wants.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Amid the growing list of cybersecurity concerns businesses must keep on top of, payroll is a growing target for attackers both inside and outside the enterprise. The latest cases of payroll-related cyber incidents reveal the vulnerabilities of the financial process of compensating employees.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We were pleased to find out that IoT device companies, across industries, are not willing to compromise the security of their products and are aware of the vulnerabilities that cannot be fully eliminated by static security by design processes,” CEO Moti Shkolnik said. “We Firedome can see threats in real time and respond accordingly.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

To combat this, hackers are looking to gain access to sensitive information by taking a much easier route: using legitimate credentials to go right inside. Unfortunately, mobile threats exist for shoppers whether they’re shopping in a store or on a mobile device from the comfort of their own home or workplace.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Dubbed ‘video jacking’ by its masterminds, the attack uses custom electronics hidden inside what appears to be a USB charging station,” according to Krebs. “As

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Apple iPhone 6s “Live Photo” feature may present a biometric security vulnerability in various mobile banking applications. But Business Insider reported that Johnson was able to gain access to accounts using the iPhone’s Live Photo feature instead. “What you have to do is log in using biometrics.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Just last year, cryptocurrency was lauded as a safe and sophisticated FinTech — even “unhackable,” according to an article in the MIT Technology Review — but with its unique security features have come unique security threats that advance just as fast as countermeasures. Only three weeks ago, hackers stole $4.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

New research from cybersecurity and application delivery solutions provider Radware revealed that the top motivation behind cyberattacks is ransom, followed by insider threats, political hacktivism and competition. Those trends leave the merchants vulnerable to CNP fraud. Above all else, hackers are all about the money.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

But the reality is that the greatest security threat facing retail companies, according to a number of recent surveys, often comes from within. In that particular piece of research, 28 percent of respondents acknowledged the possibility of company insiders engaging in digital data theft against their own employers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

He explained that the way MoneyGram looks at information security is to consider what is happening outside its perimeter, at the borders of its perimeter, inside its perimeter as well as what’s happening at the host level, application level and data level. We have state exams for compliance and info security,” McGurk explained.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Neal and Butzer told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that key shadowing can also be a boon against the looming threat of quantum computing, where common crypto efforts are cracked like eggs with lightning speed. Sacking Quantum Computing Threats. Blockchain , thought by many to be bulletproof, is surprisingly vulnerable to such attacks.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

As part of Facebook’s bug bounty program, professional hackers were brought in to see if there were vulnerabilities in its system by seeking out bugs. And because the backdoor access does not exist anymore, the threat (at least, for now) appears to be gone. But from all accounts, those issues seem to have been taken care of.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Inside Taco Bell’s Omnichannel Overhaul. That reality is why Mastercard rolled out Threat Scan, a new global service for its banking partners, designed to proactively identify potential vulnerabilities in their authorization systems.

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NCR

MAY 26, 2017

On the face of it, this can be seen as good news for the industry, as it suggests banks are aware of the risks they face and have a good understanding of what needs to be done in order to counter the threat of criminals. But as the nature of threats is continually evolving, could this confidence actually be complacency?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

This according to the latest volume of the Internet Security Threat Report published today by software company and security product provider Symantec. To start, ransomware threats escalated globally through 2016 in size, number and kind. GE Fixing Software Bug That Left Electric Grids Vulnerable. That was a close one.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

From hijacked security cameras and video recorders to vulnerable car systems and smart locks, a growing number of connected devices are now at risk of being used as part of a botnet that allows hackers to perpetrate malicious activities. Inside The Mind Of A Hacker. It may be nefarious, but even we have to admit it’s clever.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

The first type comes from bad actors outside the call center who find cloud-based solutions like CCAI to be particularly vulnerable targets. Our security analysts keep tabs on what’s happening and bring that knowledge inside.”. The second major security threat to contact centers is caller fraud. AI is happening ,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

There’s also been increased scrutiny on the vulnerabilities of 10,000+ financial institutions that run financial transactions across the SWIFT network. To get an industry insider’s take on this subject, PYMNTS recently caught up with Sunil Madhu, CEO and President at Socure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

From Yahoo’s 1 billion users impacted by stolen account data to Ashley Madison’s 37 million users’ details stolen and 400,000 of Italy’s UniCredit customer data being breached, it seems that hackers will always find ways to get inside protected information.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Security threats are a major consideration for all businesses, of course, but financial services organizations have a bigger obligation than most to guarantee optimum protection for their assets, systems and customer data. Protection through innovation. “If you are, others will obsolete them for you.”

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FICO

MAY 18, 2023

This gave scammers a larger audience and new vulnerabilities to exploit. “At Fraud is a pervasive threat in the financial industry, but with Dock's solution, lenders can rest assured that they're taking proactive steps to mitigate risk.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

According to Project Zero research, the security issues led to a “sustained effort to hack the users of iPhones in certain communities over a period of at least two years,” before noting that China also recently hacked Asian telecommunications companies to spy on the Uighurs, as it considers them a security threat. This was never the case.”.

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NCR

JULY 28, 2016

In the first quarter of 2015, Symantec stopped 550 malware threats each day. Despite the well-known dangers of hostile software, FIs remain vulnerable to attacks worldwide. Threats closer to home. FIs face a difficult challenge when trying to tackle malware threats. But what repercussions does this have for banks?

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Cisco

OCTOBER 18, 2022

When we think about supply chain attacks, we tend to conjure up an image of grocery or pharmaceutical products being deliberately contaminated or some other physical threat against things we buy or the components that collectively become a finished product. “There are two types of companies: those that have been.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And where there’s a backdoor vulnerability for hackers to attack, there’s a creepiness factor that can stymie what had seemed a cheerful march toward smart devices. AI is powering bots (they have a little way to go, though, to put the intelligence inside the artificial, fraud detection and prevention systems.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2017

We’ll close with a look at Potential Threats in the space. But in the healthcare sector, technology is going directly inside the brain, where it can help address the debilitating effects of neurological conditions. Potential Threats. Marketing Science. Healthcare/Neurology. Mental Health Treatment. Sports Science.

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