March 18, 2015

New Heartbeat Monitor Could Be a Lifeline for Bank Authentication

2 min read - Halifax is testing a new authentication feature that relies on a heartbeat monitor to verify users' identity and grant them access to their bank account.

March 10, 2015

Study: Banking ID Theft Losses Decline Despite New Data Breaches

2 min read - According to a recent study, even though banking ID theft is on the rise, the number of banking customers victimized and the total cost are down.

Banking & Finance December 8, 2014

Protecting Against the Dyre Trojan: Don’t Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

4 min read - The Dyre Trojan has been involved in a series of phishing attacks against banks, raising concern that protecting against it is too difficult.

October 8, 2014

Criminals Use Tyupkin Malware to Steal Millions From ATMs

2 min read - A piece of malicious software called Tyupkin has allowed criminals to dispense millions of dollars in cash from ATMs in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Fraud Protection October 1, 2014

Fraud Risk Engines: The Statistics Are Not in Your Favor

4 min read - The following is a look into how authentication risk engines are designed and the root cause for their failure in detecting today's cybercriminals.

Banking & Finance September 15, 2014

Dyre Banking Trojan Used in APT-Style Attacks Against Enterprises

3 min read - SalesForce is warning its customers that they might have been targeted by the Dyre Trojan. Banking trojans are not just targeting financial organizations.

Fraud Protection September 11, 2014

Emerging Trends in Money Mules Schemes

3 min read - As new technologies and services emerge, money mules and criminal organizations will adapt their tactics to exploit the updated systems.

Malware August 14, 2014

New Variant of Bugat Malware Borrows Lucrative Gameover Zeus Techniques

2 min read - A new Bugat malware variant is using techniques similar to the Gameover Zeus HTML injections to target banking applications and steal user credentials.

Software Vulnerabilities August 5, 2014

Apache Cordova Vulnerability Discovered: 10% of Android Banking Apps Potentially Vulnerable

8 min read - The IBM Security X-Force Research team has uncovered a serious vulnerability that affects many Android applications built on the Apache Cordova platform.

Malware July 10, 2014

Boleto Malware: Two New Variants Discovered

4 min read - Researchers have discovered two additional variants of Boleto malware that operate quite differently from the previously discovered Eupuds malware.