Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts

Motherboard has identified a specific UK bank that has fallen victim to so-called SS7 attacks, and sources say the issue is wider than previously reported. Continue reading Criminals Are Tapping into the Phone Network Backbone to Empty Bank Accounts

Metro Bank – Important Information about your account – Phishing

We see lots of phishing attempts for your bank details. Metro bank is one of the UK smaller banks which is quite new  and I don’t often see them targetted. They use email addresses and subjects that will entice a user to read the email and open the attachment. A Continue reading → Continue reading Metro Bank – Important Information about your account – Phishing

After Tax Fraud Spike, Payroll Firm Greenshades Ditches SSN/DOB Logins

Online payroll management firm Greenshades.com is an object lesson in how not to do authentication. Until very recently, the company allowed corporate payroll administrators to access employee payroll data online using nothing more than an employee’s date of birth and Social Security number. That is, until criminals discovered this and began mass-filing fraudulent tax refund requests with the IRS on large swaths of employees at firms that use the company’s services. Continue reading After Tax Fraud Spike, Payroll Firm Greenshades Ditches SSN/DOB Logins