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Teleworking - The New Normal
Mar 27, 2020
Millions of people around the world are presently working from home (teleworking) due to the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19). This is the "new normal". Teleworking introduces a host of operational and cultural challenges for both employers and employees. One such challenge is security....
Coronavirus in Italy: Lessons Learned
Mar 20, 2020
Around the world, public health officials are analyzing the coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission in countries with earlier outbreaks in effort to model scenarios, refine preparations, and identify mismanagement and best practices in dealing with the devastating epidemic. With Italy being a hotspot, w...
Coronavirus – Cybercriminals Strike in Times of Fear
Mar 11, 2020
For cybercriminals, vulnerability and anxiety present opportunity. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the world, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the widespread fear. Over the last several weeks, we have seen an increasing wave of social engineering and phishing campaigns...
“Anti-Detect” Browsers: Is Browser Fingerprinting Defeated?
Feb 18, 2020
For years, cybercriminals and fraudsters have dealt with many variations of the same problem: once they have obtained access credentials of their victims to a particular online application or website (e.g., online banking), how can they be easily exploited or monetized? Security and fraud preventio...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday on the Dark Web
Dec 2, 2019
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are not only limited to legitimate retail business. They are aggressively promoted by criminal sellers on the Dark Web seeking to grow sales and customers. Both established markets and emerging vendors on the Dark Web have been actively promoting fresh inventory and ste...
Why Fraudsters and Cybercriminals Love Zelle
Nov 6, 2019
Zelle is a United States-based digital network offering an easy and quick way to send money directly between almost any US bank accounts. With just an email address or mobile phone number, a user can quickly send and receive money, regardless of where both parties bank....
E-Commerce Merchants: A Hot Commodity in the Dark Web
Sep 9, 2019
In recent years, cybercriminals implanted malicious skimming code directly on e-commerce shops and online content management and payment platforms as a way of stealing payment card data at scale. These attacks focused on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities within these e-commerce platforms. W...
Shedding Light on the Dark Web - Webinar
Hosted by Q6 Cyber and Advanced Fraud Solutions, “Shedding Light on the Dark Web” offers viewers an inside look to the latest trends in financial fraud and cybercrime, specifically those targeting credit unions and banks. This webinar includes a live demo into some of the Dark Web’s most notorious ...
Fighting Fraud with Dark Web Intelligence - White Paper
As an unfortunate outcome of numerous widespread data breaches, the amount of compromised data available on the Dark Web has skyrocketed. This trend poses problems for financial institutions desiring to protect their customers against fraud. To combat this problem, Q6 Cyber and Advanced Fraud Soluti...