While there’s nothing new in malicious advertisers being used as vectors of online attacks and fraud, cyber criminals are paying more attention on malvertising as a means to perpetrate advanced persistent threats.
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Biometric security: an alternative security measure vs bank fraud
There is more to your biometric data than its use in verifying your identity. Financial institutions are looking to biometric systems to protect their valued clients from the growing landscape of cyber attacks.
Despite many data breach reports, some people still don’t care about privacy
There seems to be no end to my encounter with people who dismiss the importance of online privacy as trivial and unnecessary.
How Intel plans to secure your credit card data with new technology
With the recent hacking of credit card data, particularly in large retailers such as Target, and the growing surge of compromises on financial data of consumers, questions began to emerge as to the level of security that industries are implementing to protect its valued customers.
Microsoft tightens control over browser extensions to crack down malicious ads
Software giant Microsoft Corporation is expanding its effort to spot on malicious extension behavior not just on its very own Internet Explorer but as well into other browsers that operate within a Windows based computer.
Why many Internet users still fall for cyber attacks and fraud
Recent tech news stories have shown the exponential rise of cyber attacks that come in many forms – from phishing attacks to malware to data breach.