Remove Subscribe
article thumbnail

Recycle Your Phone, Sure, But Maybe Not Your Number

Krebs on Security

New research shows how fraudsters can abuse wireless provider websites to identify available, recycled mobile numbers that allow password resets at a range of email providers and financial services online. “However, the number pool is shared between postpaid and prepaid, rendering all subscribers vulnerable to attacks.”

article thumbnail

What Is Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)? Types, Risks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

For example, if a threat actor writes a malicious script on a financial services company’s web server on a page where users input their financial data, the threat actor can steal that data every time someone uses the page. The original code of the web page is trusted.

Risk 104
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors. Cons Though free tools and integrations are available, OTX works best with paid AT&T Cybersecurity products like AlienVault USM. Threat dashboards are highly intuitive and easy to read.

article thumbnail

Experts linked ransomware attacks to China-linked APT27

Security Affairs

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. The cyber espionage group leverage both readily available tools and custom malware in their operations, many tools are available for years, but in recent attacks, their code was updated. ” continues the report.

article thumbnail

How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Then they might prioritize the BOM documents after that, because while it doesn’t endanger anyone’s PII, it could be stolen by a competitor and result in financial loss. Finally, the transportation management data is still important to protect, but perhaps not as financially or legally critical as the others.

article thumbnail

GUEST ESSAY: Few consumers read privacy policies — tools can now do this for them

The Last Watchdog

Financial services, health, home security, governance and all other mission critical services are now provided online. Each time we subscribe for an online service or install a mobile application, we are introduced with a document which explains in detail how our private data will be handled. Perhaps, never?

Privacy 223
article thumbnail

The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

Other news South Korean researchers release Rhysida ransomware decryption tool Researchers from Kookmin University and KISA (the Korea Internet & Security Agency) have released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida malware. It is not known how long the database was publicly available, nor whether anyone else accessed it.