In July 2019, CNN reported that one hacker was able to access at least 100 million Capital One accounts and credit card applications. The hack included 140,000 social security numbers, a million social insurance numbers, and more than 80,000 bank account numbers. The breach also gave the hacker a long list of names, credit scores, addresses, credit limits, and other personal … [Read more...] about After a Cybersecurity Incident: Calculating Your Potential Loss from a Data Breach
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OPEN BANKING & SCA FORUM 2020
The European Union's revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has paved the way for a new era of Open Banking globally. As a result, it will have huge impacts on business models, security mechanisms and innovation in banking. In recent times, a question that has arisen consistently is how security and innovation can go hand-in-hand? Open Banking was introduced to change and … [Read more...] about OPEN BANKING & SCA FORUM 2020
The Art of Human Hacking – And Why It Works?
Information technology has changed over the years, but there's one thing that remained constant. It's social engineering. Social engineering has a lot of definitions. Some people call it the art of human hacking, while others call it digital attack techniques. Well, both of the definitions are correct. Social engineering is the manipulation of a human being through different … [Read more...] about The Art of Human Hacking – And Why It Works?
Cybersecurity and the Fight Against Time
We've all heard of phrases such as making up for lost time and going against the clock, albeit in a highly different context- far, far away from the realms of technology and cybersecurity. However, after researching the topic for quite a while (a whole week, to be exact), I was quite astonished to find a highly limited number of articles and blogs written on the somewhat … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity and the Fight Against Time
How to Prevent Phishing Scams and Attacks by Email
Among the many security threats that exist in the modern digital world, phishing is perhaps the one that needs the most attention “ even more than malware and other malicious software, arguably. The effects of phishing can be devastating, and it's the kind of attack that can target anyone, from small individuals to major corporations. Nobody is safe, and developing the right … [Read more...] about How to Prevent Phishing Scams and Attacks by Email
