Hackers are targeting financial firms in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, using commodity malware and living off the land tools, reported Symantec, the cybersecurity company, in a new blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
U.S. authorities charged a hacker residing in Ukraine and several others on Tuesday (Jan. 15) with trading on non-public corporate earnings information they got by hacking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Aiming to fight more financial crime, the U.K. government has recruited senior executives from Barclays, Lloyds Banking and Banco Santander. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Ryuk, a ransomware threat that has been spreading online, has earned the hackers more than 705 bitcoin in five months, which has an estimated value of $3.7 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has asked the Treasury Department to boost fraud protection in the Direct Express prepaid program after hundreds of federal benefits recipients were victims of fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for a cyberattack that disrupted Boston Children’s Hospital‘s network for two weeks. Reuters reported that 34-year-old Martin Gottesfeld carried out the attack for hacking activist group Anonymous, which was protesting a custody case involving a...
Auditors of the European Union said Thursday (Jan. 10) that the EU is failing to stop the misuse of funds to the tune of hundreds of millions of euros annually, reported Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
SCL Elections, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, has been fined about $19,000 for not answering an American citizen’s request for data the company held on him. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Facebook is facing accusations from Vietnam that the social media giant did not remove content that it said was “slanderous,” reported Financial Times. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
