South Korean police investigating the hack of a cryptocurrency exchange are eyeing North Korean hackers as the likely culprits. North Korea has also been tied to recent phishing campaigns and other attacks, including what appears to be the first case of nation-state malware designed to infect point-of-sale devices.
Bitcoin-seeking phishing attacks have been trying to socially engineer would-be cryptocurrency exchange executives, warn researchers at Secureworks. The attacks use Word documents with malicious macros and control code previously seen in attacks launched by the Lazarus Group, which has been tied to North Korea.
For hackers, phishing is easy. And profitable. The average phishing attack costs a mid-sized company $1.6 million. No wonder the number of phishing attacks shot up 65% worldwide last year.
For many years, organizations have invested in technology to keep them safe from malicious emails. Yet ransomware, CEO...
Finding an effective breach prevention provider is critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor products were evaluated...
There has been a global rise in incidents of omnichannel financial fraud; such as a phishing attack being used to collect account information, then using that data to commit fraud via a bank's call center globally. Financial institutions need to enhance their ability to detect this sort of fraud - while also reducing...
Yes, malware commonly targets the Windows operating system. But if you limit malware analysis to Windows OS, you're leaving gaping vulnerabilities, says Christopher Kruegel of Lastline Inc. Here's how to maximize your analysis.
One common limitation of malware analysis is that organizations focus too much of their...
Detecting new fraudulent online banking sites is only half the battle. Once identified, how do you prevent your end users from inputting their login credentials onto the site?
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A sustainable fraud protection system that addresses the evolving threat landscape and helps banks confirm user digital identities requires three fundamental features.
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The basic goal of fraud detection is being able to uncover in real time when fraudsters impersonate legitimate users. However, to do so, one needs to be able to differentiate an account user's "normal" digital behavior from abnormal behavior.
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Because cyberattacks continue to bypass next-generation security technologies, it's important not to underestimate the role humans play in attack detection and threat mitigation, says Rohyt Belani of PhishMe.
U.S. government agencies now find themselves having to comply with Binding Operational Directive 18-01 to enhance email and web security. But what are the immediate tasks for agencies to undertake?
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We all see the headlines about high-profile breaches that started because of a phishing exploit. But how severe is the global email infiltration problem?
90 percent of data breaches investigated by the secret service, law enforcement, and forensic companies start from an email infiltration, according to the the...
As defense stategies become stronger year after year, it seems as though the prevalence of malware is growing proportionately, projected to exceed $2 trillion by 2019 - a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015.Posing a threat to every industry, profession, and company, malware not only...
Canadian citizen Karim Baratov has pleaded guilty to targeting more than 11,000 webmail accountholders to steal their passwords, including targeting 80 Gmail accounts at the request of an alleged Russian intelligence agent tied to a 2014 hack attack against Yahoo that exposed 500 million accounts.
How can a financial institution spot a true customer from an impostor in the digital world? Cybercriminals leave footprints for fraud experts that are markedly different than true customers.
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