COVID-19 has entirely altered the state of modern healthcare, resulting in an unprecedented paradigm shift. The pandemic has demonstrated where strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities exist in the healthcare industry's ability to react to catastrophic events. Additionally, current circumstances have also been...
MAXEX, a company that develops a digital trading platform for the secondary mortgage market in the U.S., leaked 9 GB of internal documentation as well as full mortgage applications for 23 individuals. The data was released by a Swiss-based developer who apparently was unaware it was sensitive.
Security experts are urging organizations to patch a newly revealed serious flaw in Microsoft SharePoint as quickly as possible because proof-of-concept exploit code is already available. The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center warns that hackers frequently target fresh SharePoint flaws.
Criminals have been seeking innovative new ways to steal cash from ATMs. In the U.S., there has been a surge in physical attacks, while Europe has seen a sharp increase in "black box" attacks designed to make ATMs dispense cash on demand.
Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled threat seen by law enforcement. But phishing, business email compromises and other types of fraud - many now using a COVID-19 theme - also loom large, Europol warns in its latest Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined Morgan Stanley $60 million for the investment bank's failure to properly oversee the decommissioning of several data centers, putting customer data at risk of exposure.
2020's health crisis has created an unexpected boom in telemedicine initiatives. But with this rapid innovation and adoption comes a corresponding uptick in fraud. Dean Nicolls of Jumio Corporation talks about how improving identity verification can help curb the trend.
Contact Centers serving financial and banking organizations have quite a challenge regarding the verification of consumers. This is multiplied
by having to deal with the abrupt change from a mix of online and in-person points of contact to the necessary requirement that consumer interaction happens without any...
eKYC not only enables financial institutions to onboard their customers remotely without the need for face-to-face interactions, it has also provided consumers a more flexible option to perform and manage their own transactions anytime, anywhere.
Before deciding whether to build your own on-premise eKYC system or...
Biometrics are commonplace. They protect our phones, log us into our virtual workspaces, secure our health records and verify our identity when we sign up for new services.
Face, fingerprint, iris, voice and other modalities proliferate across our physical and digital lives, facilitating access, managing identity...
Russian criminals operating online who want to stay out of jail need only to follow a few simple rules, the primary one being: Never target Russians. So it's surprising that security researchers have uncovered a new ransomware-wielding gang of Russian speakers that includes Russian victims on its hit list.
What will be the impact of the leak of investigatory documents from FinCEN - the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network? For starters, experts warn that FinCEN reports may reveal sensitive information tied to banks and law enforcement agencies' investigatory tools and tactics.
A ransomware attack that reportedly was directed at a German university but shut down emergency services at an affiliated hospital likely contributed to the death of a patient who needed urgent treatment but instead had to be transported to another hospital, delaying care, according to a news report.
Nowadays, companies are striving to provide their customers with the easiest, fastest, and secure user signing experience in the channel or device of their choice.
How do you build an optimal user experience across all channels, while ensuring compliance?
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Financial Institutions (FIs) need strong security to combat fraud, but they cannot negatively impact the user experience.
To solve this challenge, FIs are increasingly turning to the emerging technology of behavioral biometrics.
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