Cybersecurity

Phishing Attacks Targeting Political Parties, Germany Warns

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Social Engineering Escalation of Cyberespionage Likely Tied to Upcoming European Elections Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • April 4, 2024     German agencies including the Federal Office for Information Security warned about an uptick in phishing emails targeting political parties. (Image: Shutterstock) German federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political […]

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Vietnamese Threat Actor Targeting Financial Data Across Asia

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime CoralRaider Looks for Social Media Accounts That Contain Payment Information Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • April 5, 2024     Cisco Talos traced the IP address of CoralRaider, financially motivated hackers, to Hanoi, Vietnam, pictured. (Image: Shutterstock) Vietnamese financially motivated hackers are targeting businesses across Asia in a campaign to […]

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Chinese Cybercrime: Discretion Is the Better Part of Valor

Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Repeat Crackdowns Drive Criminals to Embrace Foreign-Made Encrypted Messaging Apps Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • March 13, 2024     Chinese criminals prefer not to draw the state’s attention. (Image: Shutterstock) Think “Chinese hackers” and most likely Beijing’s many state espionage threat actors come to mind. Partly, says cybersecurity […]

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Canada Sentences LockBit Hacker Mikhail Vasiliev to 4 Years

Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Dual Canadian-Russian National Also Agrees to US Extradition Mihir Bagwe (MihirBagwe) • March 13, 2024     LockBit affiliate Mikhail Vasiliev received a four-year prison sentence in Canadian court Tuesday. LockBit ransomware affiliate Mikhail Vasiliev on Tuesday received a nearly four-year prison sentence in Canada and consented to extradition […]

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PixPirate Android Banking Trojan Using New Evasion Tactic to Target Brazilian Users

Mar 13, 2024The Hacker NewsFinancial Fraud / Mobile Security The threat actors behind the PixPirate Android banking trojan are leveraging a new trick to evade detection on compromised devices and harvest sensitive information from users in Brazil. The approach allows it to hide the malicious app’s icon from the home screen of the victim’s device, […]

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Tazama: Open-source real-time fraud management – Help Net Security

Tazama is an open-source platform focused on improving fraud management within digital payment systems. Tazama marks a substantial transformation in the approach to financial monitoring and compliance worldwide. Previously, the financial sector struggled with proprietary solutions that were both expensive and restrictive, impeding access and flexibility, particularly in developing economies. Tazama challenges this status quo […]

Cybersecurity

Tazama: Open-source real-time fraud management – Help Net Security

Tazama is an open-source platform focused on improving fraud management within digital payment systems. Tazama marks a substantial transformation in the approach to financial monitoring and compliance worldwide. Previously, the financial sector struggled with proprietary solutions that were both expensive and restrictive, impeding access and flexibility, particularly in developing economies. Tazama challenges this status quo […]