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Zdnet: Imagine you're a teenager, applying for credit to buy your first car or maybe a loan to go to university. You don't remember taking out a credit card when you were six years old, but the bank is adamant, and now you have a poor credit rating and in their eyes, you're persona non grata. That future suddenly isn't so bright. How could this be? Cyber criminals are hacking into sensitive networks to steal the identities of children and are selling it on in underground market places...
CBC: It starts with what sounds like a promising phone call: For a one-time fee, you can lower the interest rate on your credit card. But the person on the other end of the line isn't with your bank or credit card company: They're a fraudster, looking to cash in on a common frustration.And what they're really after is your identity...
FourthSource: Marketers have turned on the taps with unprecedented online spending. eMarketer reports that for the first time digital ad spending in the US will exceed traditional ad spending, while by 2023, digital will surpass two-thirds of total media spending. The big winners are being crowned — not least Google (responsible for 38% of digital online spending); Facebook (21%) and rising star Amazon (7%)...
ZdNet: Banking Trojans are popular in cybercriminal schemes given the valuable data and financial service credentials they can steal in successful cyberattacks. Banks find themselves a constant target for relentless attacks against their apps and infrastructure. Their names, too, are abused by threat actors which use them in phishing campaigns and through copycat malicious domains designed to dupe customers into handing over their account credentials...
FinNews: The number of cyber attacks more than doubled last year. The attackers have also become much more aggressive in their approach and developed a strong will to persist with their campaigns. Cyber attacks on financial services firms that aimed to harm their infrastructure increased by 160 percent on a global scale over the past twelve months, according to Carbon Black and Optiv Security, two cyber security firms...
MaltaToday: A confidential IT security report seen by MaltaToday shows that HSBC Malta was targeted by the hacking group EmpireMonkey months in advance before their successful hacking of Bank of Valletta.The group carried out a €13 million heist from the bank on 13 February, which led BOV to temporarily take its services offline...
BusinessStandard: Chinese hackers have targetted over two dozen universities in the US and Canada in an apparent bid to steal key maritime military research, The Wall Street Journal has reported. In all 27 universities -- including the University of Hawaii, the University of Washington, Penn State and Duke University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- were found to have been hit by the hackers, according to a report by cyber security firm iDefense which was accessed by The WSJ...
Zdnet: The top management at some of the UK's biggest companies still don't fully understand the potential risks of a cyberattack on their business, says a government report. While nearly every big company (96%) claims to have a cybersecurity strategy in place, less than half (46%) back that up with dedicated budget. And only one in eight (16%) say they have a comprehensive understanding of the impact of loss or disruption that comes with cyber threats...
GlobeNewswire: Since 2017 there has been a 400 to 600 percent increase in the amount of cryptomining malware being detected globally, the vast majority of which has been found on social media platforms. Of the top 20 global websites that host cryptomining software, 11 are social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook...
CanadianSecurityMagazine: Cyber security incidents have become the new normal for Canadian companies, with 100 per cent of organizations experiencing attacks, according to the findings of a new study from Scalar Decisions Inc. of more than 400 Canadian IT and security workers...
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