Biometric Authentication, Jumio – Paul’s Security Weekly #611

    Growth of account takeover and how to prevent it Data breaches continue to threaten organizations and expose usernames and passwords on the Dark Web, enabling fraudsters to use stolen data to access a user s existing account, tips to protect agains… Continue reading Biometric Authentication, Jumio – Paul’s Security Weekly #611

Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz <3 Latin American startups.
Latin America is the only region outside of the U.S. where the venture firm is routinely investing capital, and it just made another commitment, doubling down on its early-stage support for the point-o… Continue reading Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

Home Digital Asset Security

Anyone with millennial-aged children at home will find it hard to remember them without their faces glued to their mobile phones. It seems that their entire universe has been shrunk into a tiny metallic and glass panel, a bit like the Big Bang in rever… Continue reading Home Digital Asset Security

Attackers used a LinkedIn job ad and Skype call to breach bank’s defences

A Chilean Senator has taken to Twitter with alarming news – the company running the country’s ATM network suffered a serious cyberattack. Continue reading Attackers used a LinkedIn job ad and Skype call to breach bank’s defences

Europe’s largest bank just got hacked

HSBC Bank, the seventh-largest banking and financial services organizations in the world and the largest in Europe, has been breached by hackers. The bank is now sending letters to an undisclosed number of customers notifying them that hackers have the… Continue reading Europe’s largest bank just got hacked

Tenable, Imperva, & Proofpoint – Business Security Weekly #94

This week, Imperva to acquire DevOps security leader prevoty, Carbon Black announces second quarter results, Sophos group upgraded to add at Numis Securities, Tenable jumps 31% by end of trading day at IPO, and Amalgamated Bank has $1.44 million holdin… Continue reading Tenable, Imperva, & Proofpoint – Business Security Weekly #94

Apple Coin Bank Plants the Seed of Saving

Consider the piggy bank. Behind that innocent, docile expression is a capitalistic metaphor waiting to ruin your fond memories of saving for that BMX bike or whatever else it was that drove home the value of a dollar. As fun as it is to drop a coin in a slot, the act of saving your pennies and learning financial responsibility could be a bit more engaging.

It seems like [gzumwalt] feels the same way. He’s designed a coin bank for his grand-kids that takes a more active role in the deposit process—it straight up eats the things. Put a coin …read more

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