Which? reported on a series of phishing attacks that masqueraded as official correspondence from Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HSBC. The attack emails drew in recipients by invoking SCA. A response to the Payment Services Regulations 2017, or PSD2, SCA consists of new security checks that are expected to become increasingly common in online shopping and banking transactions processed within the U.K. and European Union (EU). Banks, card providers and retailers have thus begun asking...
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Malicious actors could exploit critical security vulnerabilities in a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology used across millions of internet of things (IoT) devices, according to research first reported by KrebsonSecurity. Security researcher Paul Marrapese initially reported the vulnerabilities to the device vendor on January 15, 2019, but received no response. Nor did the vendor respond to the second or third advisory notices with intent to disclose. After three months, the critical fla...
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Secure browser and IM apps continued to lead the way in the first three months of the year as organizations increasingly looked to tap the power of mobile working, according to Good Technology....
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Major events of 2016 have created great uncertainty about the future, but in cyber security one thing is certain: Some attacks and crimes will continue and new challenges will emerge. Here are the top 10 predictions for 2017 cyber security: Mobile banking and payment apps will be key targets – Hackers attack banks because that’s where the money is. Banks are moving towards more mobile banking to offer ease of use, competitive differentiation, and to achieve operational efficiencies. ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is leading the new government body, which held its first meeting on Thursday. Xi was quoted as stating that cybersecurity and information technology had become a matter of national security....
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Coinciding with Ovum’s third BYOX World Forum, Check Point has today released its second mobile security report: The impact of mobile devices on information security. Conducted by Dimensional Research, 790 IT professionals with a security responsibility from the US, Canada, UK, Germany and Japan were queried on their BYOD experience. The overwhelming response is that BYOD is growing dramatically, security is the biggest concern, and that BYOD security incidents are costly.
The often...
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