Category Archives: Fraud Protection

How the Rise in Cyberattacks Is Changing Consumer Behavior

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If a store you visit often suffers a cyberattack, you might feel like someone went through your wallet. This kind of attack or data breach, and this kind of feeling, isn’t new. The growing frequency, cost and impact of cyberattacks are new — and consumers notice. Consumers are more aware of attacks than ever before. […]

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BrazKing Android Malware Upgraded and Targeting Brazilian Banks

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Nethanella Messer and James Kilner contributed to the technical editing of this blog. IBM Trusteer researchers continually analyze financial fraud attacks in the online realms. In recent research into mobile banking malware, we delved into the BrazKing malware’s inner workings following a sample found by MalwareHunterTeam. BrazKing is an Android banking Trojan from the overlay […]

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Identity and Access Management: What’s Driving the Rush?

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A recent Fortune Business Insights report projects that the global Identity and Access Management (IAM) market (valued at $9.53 billion in 2018) will reach $24.76 billion by the end of 2026, showing a CAGR of 13.17%. What’s behind this massive demand? In a nutshell, people don’t want their identities stolen. But the real drivers are […]

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How Shopping Bots Can Compromise Retail Cybersecurity

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Online shopping bots are not new to the e-commerce world. Stores use bots to offer better customer service, but malicious bots can cause major harm to a business. These pose cybersecurity risks to e-commerce retailers and consumers alike. Some customers use shopping bots to execute automated tasks based on a set of instructions, such as […]

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What Is Proactive Cybersecurity?

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Most organizations take what you might call an active approach to cybersecurity, They’re prepared to do certain things once an attack happens. Or, they take a reactive approach, taking action after an attack is completed. A proactive cybersecurity strategy is about acting before any attack occurs; it’s a good cybersecurity posture of readiness.  Take a […]

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Passwordless Authentication Is Here: What Do You Need to Know?

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Passwords are becoming a dying breed. In a recent article from Microsoft, they announced that they are putting aside their decades-old practice of forcing users to sign in with a password to use the business and personal applications suite — one of the most popular software packages on earth. Passwordless authentication is becoming the new […]

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What Happens to Victims When a Ransomware Gang Vanishes?

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Not long after launching a major supply chain attack in July 2021, the REvil ransomware gang went offline. The group’s infrastructure, including its surface and dark web portals used for ransom negotiations and data leaks, shut down on July 12, according to Bleeping Computer. Russian digital crime forum XSS banned Unknown, a user believed to […]

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New ZE Loader Targets Online Banking Users

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IBM Trusteer closely follows developments in the financial cyber crime arena. Recently, we discovered a new remote overlay malware that is more persistent and more sophisticated than most current-day codes. In this post we will dive into the technical details of the sample we worked on and present ZE Loader’s capabilities and features. The parts […]

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12 Benefits of Hiring a Certified Ethical Hacker

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You’ve probably heard the phrase “you don’t know what you don’t know”. It’s a stage of learning most people find themselves in at one time or another. When it comes to cybersecurity, hackers succeed by finding the security gaps and vulnerabilities you missed. That’s true of malicious attackers. But it’s also true of their equivalent […]

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Health Care Interoperability: What Are the Security Considerations?

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Anyone who has needed to schedule an appointment with a new doctor or meet with a specialist knows the hassle of making sure everyone in the health care chain has access to your health records. Digital record-keeping has made that a little easier, but that access still isn’t universal. Digital health care interoperability can still […]

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