Aramada Collective demands ransom from Greek banks
The hacking group dubbing itself the Armada Collective has claimed responsibility for striking three Greek banks with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and has threatened to continue to do...
View ArticleBank of England worried about cyber-threats
As the financial world begins to look more stable, 46% of bankers worry about cyber-threats
View ArticleSamy Kamkar's latest trick, spoofing canceled Amex cards
Security researcher Samy Kamkar has discovered a way to "resurrect" a canceled American Express card.
View ArticlePayPal investigates account compromised twice in one day
PayPal is investigating account that was hacked twice in one day and latter used in an attempt to transfer funds to a dead ISIS hacker.
View ArticleTaxAct breached: Customer banking and Social Security information compromised
Tax software maker TaxAct is informing some of its customers that an unauthorized third party accessed their TaxAct account in late 2015.
View ArticleFACC AG, Belgian bank fall victim to BEC
An aircraft components designer and a Belgian bank were the latest victims of the business email compromise (BEC), prompting the IC3 to issue an alert.
View ArticleEC wants to crack down on virtual currency exchanges
Crypto-currencies like Bitcoin may not be as anonymous as they once were as the European Commision announces its intention to regulate the virtual currency exchanges that, the Commission says, aid...
View ArticleRussian police prevented massive banking sector cyber-attack
Russian Interior Ministry cyber-crimes department thwarts Russian banking cyber-crime group.
View ArticleAcecard banking trojan labeled 'extremely dangerous' by Kaspersky
The Acecard Android banking trojan leaves nothing to chance when it comes to attacking banks with the malware being able to attack 50 separate online financial applications and bypass Google Play Store...
View ArticlePhishing, W-2 scams will boost 2016 income tax fraud losses to $21 billion
Income tax scammers are working overtime to separate hard working tax payers from their yearly refund, employing primarily a single tried and true method to complete their attack, phishing.
View ArticleChinese hackers rob over 18M user credentials via Japanese server
Over 18 million user credentials have been found on a server of a Japanese company who let Chinese hackers use it in their attacks.
View ArticleSpyEye authors headed to prison
The two men responsible for the SpyEye banking trojan, used to steal user information from financial institutions, were sentenced to a combined 24-1/2 years in prison.
View ArticleBangladesh banking hack due to SWIFT vulnerability
A report from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) indicates the group was aware that malware was targeting its system when $81 million was stolen from a Bangladesh...
View ArticleGozNym banking malware spotted now in Europe
IBM's X-Force reported today the actors behind the hybrid GozNym banking trojan that stole $4 million from U.S. banks in March have released a new configuration that is targeting European banks.
View ArticlePossible 1.4GB data breach at Qatar National Bank
The Qatar National Bank is investigating a possible massive data breach with more than 15,000 files, or 1.4GB of data, being compromised.
View ArticleVietnamese bank thwarts hack made through SWIFT messaging system
Vietnam's Tien Phong Bank came forward claiming to be the second bank that was attacked with a fake message sent through The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)...
View ArticleFed directs banks to check for cyberattacks, shore up security after SWIFT hacks
The Federal Reserve Bank issued a notice Tuesday telling banks to assess their cybersecurity postures and search for clues of cyberattacks by the group that pulled off an $81 million cyber heist from...
View ArticleInfoSec 2016: EU GDPR - Don't panic, prioritise - and do the right thing for...
Don't panic, prioritise and plan for EU GDPR - and if you do the right thing for your customer, the chances are you will be compliant and avoid potentially hefty fines for data breach.
View ArticleConsumers taking their business elsewhere after a hack, Centrify survey
A new study examines consumer attitudes toward corporate hacking and companies should take heed.
View ArticleSWIFT robbers swoop on Ukrainian bank
Yet another bank has been hit via the SWIFT messaging system, this time in Ukraine. This may only be the fifth publically disclosed SWIFT heist, but commentators suggest that there plenty of silent...
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