Data Protection January 21, 2022

Magecart Attacks Continue to ‘Skim’ Software Supply Chains

4 min read - Did your company or e-commerce firm recently buy third-party software from a value-added reseller (VAR) or systems integrator? Did you vet the vendor code? If not, you could be at risk for a Magecart group attack. Magecart is an association…

Banking & Finance May 11, 2021

Synthetic Identity Theft: When Everybody Knows Your Name

3 min read - You probably have a place where everyone knows your name — and maybe your address and your birthday and your favorite drink. That place could be your favorite restaurant, your office or your grandma’s house. It doesn’t matter where that…

News February 1, 2021

Credit Card Skimmer Hidden Inside Social Media Buttons

2 min read - A gang of threat actors is using social media link buttons to hide malicious code that leads to a credit card skimmer.  Innocuous Images Hide Credit Card Skimmer These attacks, based on a web skimmer or Magecart script, infect checkout…

Advanced Threats July 28, 2020

Darknet Cybersecurity: How Finance Institutions Can Defend Themselves

4 min read - Financial firms continue to move to digital-first deployments, as retail branches close, and people shift to remote work. This shift makes understanding and preventing even common darknet, or dark web, threats a priority. Financial cybersecurity investment institutions need to understand…

May 21, 2020

Magento Plugin Flaw Leaves Online Shoppers Open to E-Skimming Attacks

2 min read - A Magento plugin vulnerability that dates back at least three years could allow e-skimming attacks on unsuspecting online shoppers, the FBI warns.

December 23, 2019

Weekly Security News Roundup: Exposed Credit Card Details Abused Within 2 Hours

3 min read - A researcher found that malicious actors had abused the details of a test credit card just two hours after he had posted the information online. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

April 11, 2018

Cybercriminals Use Old-School Tactics to Exploit Credit Card Chip Security

2 min read - Credit card chip security has improved, but that hasn't stopped cybercriminals from using old-school methods such as mail interception to leverage chip-and-PIN technology for their own gain.

February 27, 2018

EMV Adoption Improves Credit Card Fraud Protection by 70 Percent, Study Finds

2 min read - Increased EMV adoption is putting a dent in credit card fraud protection efforts, but cybercriminals continue to exploit security gaps in financial and retail organizations to steal card details.

Banking & Finance April 10, 2015

Chip Card Security: Past, Present and Potential Future

3 min read - Chip card technology has become the de facto standard in Europe, but adoption lags behind in the United States. Are these cards really more secure?

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.