If it’s not one threat, then it’s another for 21st-century cybersecurity professionals. Just how increasingly intertwined today’s global threat landscape is becoming was underscored by a Monday (March 2) alert from the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warning businesses, particularly those “with a presence,...
OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence agent designed for developers, had a vulnerability chain that allowed websites to take control of a developer’s agent with no plugins, extensions or user interaction required, Oasis Security said in a Thursday (Feb. 26) blog post. Attacks were enabled by...
The integration of artificial intelligence features into web browsers has created a new security challenge, cyber risk specialist Unit 42 by Palo Alto Networks wrote in a Monday (March 2) blog post. This new browser architecture introduces an AI assistant that could allow attackers to...
In cybersecurity, visibility has always been a prerequisite for control. Today, the scale and stakes of what organizations can no longer see are approaching a tipping point. The result is not simply greater complexity, but a growing inability for organizations to identify where their own...
A merchant’s returning customer attempts to complete a $1,800 luxury purchase on a mobile device, mistypes a password twice, triggers a reset email and leaves before the link arrives. A reused password harvested in an unrelated breach enables a criminal to access a stored wallet...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Trulioo’s Vicky Bindra Speed is becoming the name of the game across financial services, FinTech and digital commerce. However, behind faster onboarding, faster payments and faster approvals hides a lurking threat. As fraud networks grow more sophisticated and...
Google has reportedly disrupted a hacking group that breached dozens of organizations in 42 countries. The China-linked group, known as UNC2814 and “Gallium,” has a nearly decade-long history of breaking into the systems of government organizations and telecoms, the tech giant said in findings shared exclusively with Reuters on...
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Entersekt’s Dewald Nolte The payments industry is locked into a race toward speed. Faster rails, real-time settlement, one-click checkout, invisible authentication and more innovations are all pointed toward one assumption: that friction is the enemy, and technology’s job...
Customer data allegedly stolen from car shopping site CarGurus was posted by a hacking group, according to multiple media reports. Bleeping Computer reported Tuesday (Feb. 24) that an extortion group called ShinyHunters claimed Saturday (Feb. 21) that it had 12.4 million records from CarGurus. The...