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Ignoring Risks from Same-day ACH Will Cost You Big

Same-day Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing became a reality. While this represents a terrific opportunity for banks to be responsive to their customer's requirements for faster ACH payments, plus the ability to attract new customers from banks who choose not to offer the same level of responsiveness,...

Oh, RATs! Current Fraud Detection Doesn't Catch Remote Access Trojans

Many IT professionals use remote administration tools to troubleshoot and fix PC problems remotely, just as if they were sitting behind the keyboard themselves. But these tools are also used for different purposes today. Both nation states and hacktivists use modified these tools, creating Remote Access Trojan's...

Fraud in The Mobile Era: A Hacker's Delight

As mobile devices eclipse computers and laptops as the preferred method of going online, fraudsters have followed users, porting their modus operandi -account takeover, social engineering, and malware based remote control attacks - to the mobile arena. Thus, hackers have many more opportunities to perpetrate fraud and...

Making the Case for Continuous Authentication: Why 2FA is Not Secure Enough to Combat Online Fraud

Most organizations that enable users to perform online transactions have implemented security measures to address fraud. Currently, one of the most common safeguards used in a wide array of products/services is two-factor authentication (2FA). In recent years, 2FA has become employed by global tech leaders like...

Cybercrime Projected to Exceed $2 Billion by 2019: What You Need to Know

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...

Top 11 Automated Malware Analysis Providers Ranked by Forrester

Despite significant investments in the signature-based defenses of today's network, email and endpoint security solutions, since 2010, these solutions have been ineffective against the sheer volume of evolving malware. Security and risk professionals have turned to automated malware analysis (AMA) for help. These...

Testing the Top 9 Market Leaders in Breach Detection: How They Measure Up

As the New Year unfolds, finding a breach prevention provider will be 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...

Cybersecurity: The New Metrics

"How secure are we?" That's one of the most common questions asked by boards and senior managers. But security and technology leaders do not always have ready answers, says Jacob Olcott of BitSight Technologies. Are they even using the right security metrics? In an interview about cybersecurity metrics, Olcott...

Demystifying the Dark Web

By nature of its name, the so-called "dark web" has acquired a unique reputation. Danny Rogers of Terbium Labs discusses some of the key myths and realities about the dark web, as well as how organizations should monitor it. Why is this so important? The dark web has become a well-traveled marketplace for data...

Four Top Cyber Crime Trends

This report from IBM Emergency Response Services discusses four key trends in cybersecurity based on field experience in responding to client security incidents. In the following whitepaper, you will learn about: Onion-layered security incidents on the rise The year of ransomware Malicious insiders on the...

Demystifying the Dark Web: the Truth About What It Is, and Isn't

The dark web is one of the most commonly occurring, but most poorly defined terms in information security. The dark web is actually smaller than most of the mythology would have you believe. Another common myth is that the dark web is entirely used for criminal activities. While criminal activities do abound,...

The Changing Role of Technology within the Healthcare Sector

Cybercriminals have become dangerously savvy at leveraging the seismic technology changes occurring in the healthcare sector in order to get their hands on sensitive patient data. Medical records are more lucrative for attackers than almost any other targeted information, leaving the healthcare industry in the...

Security Awareness Training Buyer's Guide: Sharpening Human Defenses Against Phishing

To paraphrase an old saying, a wall is only as strong as its weakest point. When it comes to system and data security, people are often that point. People are the last line of defense to prevent unblocked attacks from clearing a path to your systems and data. To serve that role effectively, employees must be...

The Threat Landscape

Hardly a day goes by without the discovery of a new cyber threat somewhere in the world! But how do you keep up with new malware and evolving cybercriminal tricks? Thankfully, Kaspersky Lab security experts have got you covered. Download our Guide to the Threat Landscape to have access to a wealth of IT security...

Breached: How Your Data Can Be Put at Risk

Breaches like the Target breach of 2013 and the recent "Heartbleed" bug may give you the impression that breaches are just an electronic problem but they aren't. It's impossible for you to personally protect your data everywhere. Comprehensive identity theft protection from LifeLock helps safeguard your finances,...