VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The most common threat that you might already be aware of is phishing scams. The aim of such scams is to steal sensitive information, from personal to financial data. This typically goes hand-in-hand with ransomware, where hackers will request a ransom to be paid to either be able to access your data or return it.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Many of these data breaches are the result of phishing, which dupes victims into giving up login credentials or other sensitive information that is either used for account takeovers or sold on dark-web marketplaces. Online scams were the most prevalent, consisting largely of fake money-transfer requests that affected 63 percent of consumers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Fraudsters are adding new twists to what has become an increasingly common scam targeting businesses’ B2B payments activity. Separate analysis from Singapore warned that monetary losses associated with BEC scams that specifically instruct targeted employees to send gift card redemption details are on the rise, too.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2016

KnowBe4 , a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider, launched a new tool designed to help IT managers combat CEO fraud, or Business Email Compromise (BEC) as it is referred to by the FBI. KnowBe4’s tool, called Phishing Reply Tracking, tests if users will interact with hackers on the other end of a phishing email.

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They predict that social engineering attacks will surpass ransomware in 2024 due to increased sophistication, AI tools and emerging techniques, leading organisations to bolster cybersecurity defences with AI, scenario testing and multi-factor authentication. Governments worldwide have stepped up pursuit and punishment of ransomware gangs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

New data was released this week with an urgent, albeit not necessarily unexpected, message: ransomware and other phishing attacks continue to dramatically spike, with more frequent and more expensive attacks hitting businesses and government entities of all sizes. The New York Times reported Sunday (Feb. as to which services we use.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As for the scams themselves, those varied widely both in terms of tactics and targets. Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. And while the BEC is not the most common form scam, it is a lucrative one.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Google issued a stark warning last week about the state of cybersecurity: Phishing attacks are on the rise and continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities resulting from the global pandemic. As the threat of B2B payments fraud persists, PYMNTS looks at the data behind some of the other latest cases of such digital scams.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

From high-profile ransomware attacks and terrorist financing to scams that wiped out millions in savings, global crypto crime has become an urgent concern. Ransomware Hits an All-Time High 2024 also witnessed an unprecedented surge in ransomware attacks globally, with over 5,600 publicly reported cases.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

Business scams are nothing new. The actions come as the BBB debuted a report with results from a survey conducted among 1,200 SMBs across the nation, showing that scams are a growing risk for businesses. As many as 35 percent of firms were hit by ransomware attacks, and when ransoms were demanded, 12 percent opted to pay up.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

The latest research in small business cybersecurity has revealed the relentless nature of the threat, with new strategies emerging and new strains of ransomware rearing their ugly heads. As a result, 71 percent of ransomware attacks are now targeting small businesses, according to a report released by Beazley Breach Response (BBR).

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

A phishing scam purporting to come from Apple is the most popular that we’ve seen,” Security Boulevard said. “It The criminal theory goes like this: Consumers are too numb or fatigued to give the message a close look, increasing the odds that enough of them will type in data to make the scam profitable for those on the other end.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Business email compromise (BEC), B2B phishing scams, synthetic identities, fake accounts and trillions of aid dollars flooding out at a time of maximum uncertainty make this a fraudster’s paradise.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

In this week’s Hacker Tracker , Radware shares its global cybersecurity research on what’s really motivating cybercriminals, a Gmail phishing attack targets savvy users and the U.S.’s In many cases, experienced or tech savvy users can spot a phishing email scam from a mile away. Money On The (Cybercriminal) Brain.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

organizations fall victim to ransomware attacks every minute — and more than $1 million is lost each minute due to cybercrime. “These attackers target brands and consumers on the open web with tactics like phishing, spinning up malicious mobile apps, hacking third-party suppliers and directly compromising websites.”

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VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The most common threat that you might already be aware of is phishing scams. The aim of such scams is to steal sensitive information, from personal to financial data. This typically goes hand-in-hand with ransomware, where hackers will request a ransom to be paid to either be able to access your data or return it.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

universities have been the victims of ransomware attacks in the past week, according to Cointelegraph. The information comes from a ransomware gang, boasting that they successfully attacked the University of California San Francisco on June 3, the most recent attack.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

949 gigabytes of confidential data have been accessed by ransomware attackers targeting IT distributor Ma Labs , reports in CRN said, an attack that has stalled the company's operations and left its customers in limbo. The average sought in a BEC scam is up from $54,000 in the first quarter of the year. $1 million per targeted attack.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In a new report from ProofPoint , researchers warned that any businesses with the word “tax” in its domain is at risk of being spoofed by phishing attackers targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Analysis of BEC complaints filed in 2019 found that BEC scams accounted for nearly half of the $3.5 Tax season is upon U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The scam entails a scammer posing as a legitimate business partner or vendor, claiming over the phone that the SMB owes them money, then demanding payment in the form of a Green Dot card. “This is a scam, pure and simple. “This is a scam, pure and simple.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Generative AI (GenAI) is being used to create sophisticated digital forgery and injection attacks through well known methods like phishing, fraud and ransomware. Classical fraud tactics, like phishing, are relatively easy to discern, although they do continue to show some success. per cent of attacks globally).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

the FBI recently issued a warning for holiday shoppers of a new scam called eSkimming , in which cyber criminals hack into legitimate online retailer websites to steal shoppers’ credit and debit card details. 60 percent more ransomware attacks were recorded this year , new data from Kaspersky Labs found. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have enterprises worried about cybersecurity — specifically, concerns about ransomware attacks. Business Email Compromise scams continue to grow and steal more corporate money than ever before. Compare that to ransomware, which made up just 11 percent.

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CoinRemitter

MAY 20, 2024

According to Business Standards, the losses due to crypto scams grew 54% in 2023. These wallets were connected to terror financing, scams, and sanctions violations. This blog will look at some essential strategies to secure your cryptocurrency wallets against hacks, scams, or any attacks. Instead, consider cold storage.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

In Arlington County, Virginia, government payroll systems were targeted in a phishing attack in July despite the county allocating $60,000 to educate government employees on how to spot and avoid a phishing scam email. Similar cases are arising in the private sector, too.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 14, 2024

Here they can be used to commit large-scale identity fraud by impersonating individuals in order to gain unauthorised access to systems or data, initiate financial transactions, or deceive others into sending money on the scale of the recent Hong Kong deepfake scam.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Bitdefender also said worldwide ransomware reports have surged by 715.08 The cybersecurity firm said a rise in malware, phishing and scams throughout every platform and attack vector appears to have been directly brought about by online criminals harnessing pandemic-related issues to take advantage of misinformation and worry.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 20, 2024

No bank is immune to this threat, with ransomware attacks on financial services increasing from 55 per cent in 2022 to 64 per cent in 2023. This could include staff falling victim to phishing scams or maliciously exploiting their access privileges. For banks, a successful cyber-attack can bring about monumental financial losses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Hacking, skimming and phishing attacks are once again the most common type of data breach attack, making it the eighth year in a row for this type of data breach, researchers said. Researchers found that businesses saw 45.2 percent of the total 1,093 data breaches hitting U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

O2 confirmed that some of its German customers had their accounts emptied by hackers after they fell victim to a phishing scam that stole their usernames, passwords, phone numbers and bank account details. The attack redirected incoming SMS messages for selected German customers to the attackers.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Although the details have yet to be released, it’s believed that an employee’s computer was exposed to the ransomware through a phishing scam or by accidentally downloading it. The servers have now been locked up, and the FBI and Bureau of Criminal Investigation have been notified.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

But internal fraud is, of course, not the only risk businesses face, with this week’s B2B Data Digest also breaking down the latest numbers related to cyber fraud and business email scams attacking companies from the outside. 41,000: the average payout of a ransomware attack , new data from Coverware revealed.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Citing 2018 data from Verizon, Mastercard noted research that suggested the majority of cyberattacks are actually targeted at SMBs, ranging from phishing scams and the Business Email Compromise (BEC) to malware and ransomware attacks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

A ransomware attack, committed on a piece of malware called WannaCry or Wanna Decryptor, infected computers in more than 100 countries, all told. According to recent research , 71 percent of breaches occur using passwords that were either weak enough to be cracked by bad actors or stolen from an usually unwitting human via a phishing scam.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Of all the dirty rotten scandalous schemes fraudsters get up to, one of the worst is the old “lonely hearts” scam, dressed up in smartphone attire. Dating websites and apps in the Netherlands have had a spate of this type of fraud in recent years, with victims handing over $4.1

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

APRIL 29, 2025

Rapha Wilde on Unsplash ) Amid the onslaught of highly concerning news headlines spotlighting how deepfake AI-generated photo and video scams are driving rampant misinformation and wreaking havoc across digital finance and FinTech at large, solutions are emerging to combat AI-driven misinformation and fraud before people fall victim to scams.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Just days before the ransomware attack launched, Versive , a data science and analytics firm formerly known as Context Relevant, released a new product, Versive Security Engine (good timing for businesses able to deploy it before WannaCry). These things actually play out over a period of months or years,” Polverari said.

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