In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series "Cybersecurity Insights," Weldon Dodd of Kandji discusses the evolution of Apple's security and privacy practices and how mobile device management can help achieve a balance between user privacy and corporate control.
Apple has fixed multiple zero-days that were actively being exploited since 2019 and infect several iOS devices with a spyware implant dubbed TriangleDB via zero-click iMessage exploits. The tech giant said the vulnerabilities actively exploited iOS versions released before iOS 15.7.
As countries across the globe adopted real-time payments at breakneck speed over the past year, experts said authorized push payments fraud sharply increased. APP scams nearly doubled year-over-year compared to other types of fraud. ACI Worldwide's Jackie Barwell shared fraud trends in a new report.
U.K. banks will soon have to reimburse customers who fall prey to authorized push payment scams. The U.K.'s Payment Systems Regulator recently released a policy that would split the reimbursement cost between sending and receiving banks and incentivize the industry to invest in fraud prevention.
The U.K. government earlier this month introduced a strategy to reduce fraud and scams called Fraud Strategy: Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public. Ken Palla, retired director of MUFG Bank, said this as an important step to combat authorized scams, which have now eclipsed unauthorized fraud.
The expanding RTP landscape represents a definitive transformation in how consumers and organizations interact.
Constantly evolving payments demand agile tools, practices, and processes that enable greater defense against continually manifesting scams and fraud. The FedNow Service launch is right around the...
Researchers found Android malware masquerading as a legitimate application available and downloaded over 620,000 times from the Google Play store. The apps have been active since 2022, posing as legitimate photo-editing apps, camera editors and smartphone wallpaper packs.
In the latest weekly update, finance security expert Ari Redbord joins ISMG editors to discuss takeaways from the U.S. Treasury's 2023 DeFi Illicit Finance Risk Assessment, the state of blockchain analytics and where it is headed, and traction for FinCEN's Financial Action Task Force Travel Rule.
The Federal Reserve's FedNow Service will launch in July this year. Many banks, including community banks, will be able to leverage FedNow as an instant payment platform. How can these banks prepare for faster payments, and what security controls should they consider adding?
In this 14th edition, M-Trends provides an inside look at the evolving cyber threat landscape drawn from Mandiant incident response investigations and threat intelligence analysis of high-impact attacks and remediations around the globe across the last year.
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The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is mulling over whether to reimburse consumers for online scams and fraud, but this regulatory change could lead to an increase in first-party fraud, cautioned Karen Boyer, senior vice president of financial crimes at M&T Bank.
Faster payment technology has been around for years, but fraud continues to dominate the conversation, says Reed Luhtanen of the U.S. Faster Payments Council. Luhtanen says all payment systems have a fraud problem, and firms will be able to curb faster payment fraud with more experience and data.
An Android banking Trojan is targeting Brazilian adopters of an instant payment platform known as Pix, marking another foray by the South American country's criminal underground into digital larceny. Brazil has been a hotbed of Trojan activity perpetuated by domestic cybercriminals.
With the current economic climate posing unique challenges, it's never been more critical for merchants to optimize payments to reduce costs, increase conversion and boost the bottom line. Yet, given the complexity of the payments ecosystem, coupled with the limited visibility many businesses have over their payment...
Forter bought a bot detection startup founded by a longtime Check Point Software leader to stop malicious actors from purchasing limited-edition items and collectables. The Immue purchase will prevent malicious bots from flooding e-commerce sites with thousands of transaction attempts per second.
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