The financial services sector has had to endure some extremely troubling phases in the past few months. Not only did they have to combat the distressing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic by accommodating and tweaking their entire operations under safety regulations. But they also had to deal with the increasing attack surface for malicious cyber-threat actors, resulting from the massive migration … [Read more...] about Top Four Cybersecurity Threats Faced by the Financial Services Sector
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5 Methods to Make Customer Experience Safer
Cybercrime is becoming increasingly rampant, exposing many of the dangers and threats posed by the internet today. Following the pandemic and the consequent ensuing lockdown, online activity has never been higher. However, many businesses have failed to effectively suppress security threats and breaches in tandem with supplying a safe customer experience. It is high time for businesses of all … [Read more...] about 5 Methods to Make Customer Experience Safer
Unsecure Server Compromises 350 Million Emails
A recent case of a major database mishandling involved an anonymous company that left a list of 350,000,000 email addresses exposed online. The seven gigabytes worth of addresses were not encrypted and were being hosted on a public Amazon AWS server, visible to all for downloads and viewing. With an average email compromise of 7 million per day in the year 2020 alone, cybercrime is … [Read more...] about Unsecure Server Compromises 350 Million Emails
How hackers are using COVID-19 to find new victims
Hackers always use crisis situations to their advantage, and COVID-19 is not different. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, cybercriminals have attacked various businesses, hospitals, and private networks. The attackers are using ransomware, malware, phishing, smishing, vishing, and other types of attacks to target the victims. During this pandemic, the attackers are targeting most users’ trusted … [Read more...] about How hackers are using COVID-19 to find new victims
Common Types of Phishing Attacks
Mass-Market Emails Mass market email is the typical type of phishing in which the cyber criminals pretend to be someone else and try to trick the recipient into something like downloading malware or logging into a website. Cybercriminals try to make the message appears to be from an authorized person or organization. Spear Phishing Spear phishing is another type of phishing in … [Read more...] about Common Types of Phishing Attacks
