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Financial services company OneMain fined $4.25 million for security lapses

May 31, 2023 admin Business, cyber, financial, lapse, lapses, loans, New York, one-man, Security, update

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We take a look at a fine totalling millions aimed at financial services company OneMain.

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A week in security (May 6 – 12)

May 13, 2019 admin 5G, baltimore, confluence, data breach, dharma, electricfish, financial, Fintech, google, Mozilla, privacy, Security world, seep dot web, Week in security, wolters kluwer

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 15:55:43 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 6–12, including breaches, privacy, financials, takedowns, and new ransomware tactics.

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Vulnerabilities in financial mobile apps put consumers and businesses at risk

May 8, 2019 admin 101, app vulnerabilities, client-side injection, development hygiene, exposure of database parameters and sql queries, financial, financial mobile app flaws, FYI, implicit trust of all certificates, insecure data storage, insecure random number generator, lack of binary protections, Man In The Middle, man-int-the-middle, MITM, private key exposure, secure app development, security hubris, SQL Injection, unintended data leakage, vulnerabilities, weak encryption

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 16:30:00 +0000

It’s good to know that your bank’s website boasts that little green padlock, promotes secure communication, and follows a two-factor authentication (2FA) scheme. But are their mobile apps equally secure?

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Tags: app vulnerabilities client-side injection development hygiene exposure of database parameters and sql queries financial financial mobile app flaws implicit trust of all certificates insecure data storage insecure random number generator lack of binary protections man-in-the-middle man-int-the-middle mitm private key exposure secure app development security hubris SQL injection unintended data leakage vulnerabilities weak encryption

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Securing financial data of the future: behavioral biometrics explained

April 24, 2018 admin 101, Artificial Intelligence, behaviometrics, behavior-based authentication, behavioral biometrics, Business, financial, machine learning

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Sophisticated social engineering. Fileless malware. Specialized Trojans. These are the threats that keep the financial sector on its toes—making way for a new mode of authentication called behavioral biometrics. And its primary concern is not what your credentials are but how you enter them.

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Tags: artificial intelligence behaviometrics behavior-based authentication behavioral biometrics financial machine learning

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Barclays Bank customers targeted by phishers

June 22, 2017 admin bank, barclays, Barclays Bank, cybercrime, financial, phish, phishing, SCAM, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:00:26 +0000

Scammers go phishing for Barclays Bank customer details. Here’s what to avoid…

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