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Mobile banking Trojans hit all time high in 2018

Mobile banking Trojans hit the list of cyber-headaches in Q2 2018. The number of installation packages for mobile banking – modifications which help attackers avoid detection by security solutions and... more

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Consumers at risk as mobile banking Trojans threaten worldwide

Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking Trojans. This is according to new global research from Avast, which asked almost 40,000 consumers in 12 countries around the world to compare the authenticity of official and counterfeit banking [...]

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Cyber security: The targeted attack landscape in 2016

A new cyber security report revealed new levels of ambition in 2016, a year marked by extraordinary attacks, including multi-million dollar virtual bank heists, overt attempts to disrupt the US electoral process by state-sponsored groups, and some of the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on record powered by a botnet of Internet of Things [...]

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InterContinental confirms malware based payment card breach at 1200 hotels

In December 2016, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that fraud teams at a number of banks were seeing a pattern suggesting a widespread, malware based, payment card breach across some 5,000 hotels worldwide owned by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). In February, IHG acknowledged a breach but said it appeared to involve only a dozen properties. Now, IHG has released data showing [...]

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Polish bank malware attacks targeted more than 100 organizations in 30 countries

The recent Polish bank malware attack that recently put the bank sector on high alert were part of a larger campaign that targeted financial organizations from more than 30 countries. Researchers from Symantec and BAE Systems linked the malware used in the recently discovered Polish attack to similar attacks that have taken place since October [...]

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