New Threats? No Problem! Identify Emerging Cybercrime Trends Early to Fight Financial Fraud

Banks and financial institutions require a dynamic strategy to identify emerging cybercrime trends and stop fraudsters in their tracks.

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Financial Sector Remains a Top Target in 2017

Our prediction at the end of 2016 held true: The influx of advanced DDoS, POS and other attacks targeting the financial sector has yet to abate in 2017.

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TrickBot Is Hand-Picking Private Banks for Targets — With Redirection Attacks in Tow!

According to IBM X-Force Research, the operators of the infamous TrickBot Trojan have been hand-picking private banks to target with redirection attacks.

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TrickBot Is Hand-Picking Private Banks for Targets — With Redirection Attacks in Tow!

According to IBM X-Force Research, the operators of the infamous TrickBot Trojan have been hand-picking private banks to target with redirection attacks.

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Brazilian Malware Never Sleeps: Meet EmbusteBot

IBM Research — Haifa Labs detected yet another malware campaign, dubbed EmbusteBot, designed to target dozens of financial institutions in Brazil.

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Cybercriminals Riding Tax Filing Tides: Tax Fraud Season in Effect

IBM X-Force researchers discovered that the volume of spam email campaigns carrying tax fraud scams rises sharply during the months surrounding tax season.

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Adaptive Security: The Safety Net in the Flying Trapeze Act

IT leaders should use adaptive security solutions as a safety net to protect user, customer and corporate data from fraudsters.

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Indian Banking Customers, Beware! Hackers Have an Eye on Your Money

The Indian government implemented new policies and guidance in response to several high-profile attacks against the Indian banking sector in the past year.

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Real-Time Payments, Real-Time Fraud Risks?

Programs such as NACHA’s Faster Payments initiative may help U.S. businesses become more competitive, but shorter transaction times lead to fraud risks.

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PSD2: Ready, Steady, Go

The revised Payments Services Directive (PSD2) is designed to open the online banking and e-commerce markets to new forms of regulated payments.

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