VISTA InfoSec

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This guide makes sensitive cybersecurity concepts approachable to enable smarter decisions in securing your systems against catastrophe. They take advantage of vulnerable software, stolen credentials, tricked employees, business partner access, unencrypted transfers, and even insider threats to penetrate networks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

did not have basic cybersecurity safeguards while it ran a service powered by artificial intelligence (AI) on the carrier’s website last year and in 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the news outlet, hackers changed the source code of the chatbot via compromised credentials. Delta Airlines Inc.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

This multifactor authentication strategy can be as easy as walking down the hall to meet face-to-face with the chief financial officer, yet with teams still working remote, the process has migrated to the phone or video chat. One seemingly real enquiry to change bank account details can — and often does — mean millions of dollars lost.

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JULY 9, 2018

EST, when an access credential to its cloud computing environment was compromised. That cloud computing account had not been protected by multifactor authentication, Timehop said in the blog, noting that it has taken steps (including multifactor authentication) to secure authorization and access controls on all accounts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

This also allows hackers to bypass in-app authentication procedures because it can be easier to steal API keys — the credentials developers use to build apps that harness APIs — than contend with apps’ biometric or two-factor authentication (2FA) processes.”. Cloud Havens and Changing Keys.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

Chad Schamberger, director of engineering at VirtualArmour , joined this week’s Hacker Tracker to share his insights on some of the biggest news impacting the cybersecurity space. All the while, people who continue to reuse passwords are potentially making the job of fraudsters much easier than it has to be. Fraud On The Line.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

FIs may need to provide data to FinTech startups without dedicated cybersecurity teams, for example, which could then be more easily compromised by hackers who will steal sensitive bank customer data. MFA requires customers to prove their identities by providing at least two types of credentials.

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