Tag: banking

  • Hacker News: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data

    Source URL: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/kaspersky-exposes-hidden-malware-on-github-stealing-personal-data-and-485000-in-bitcoin Source: Hacker News Title: Kaspersky exposes hidden malware on GitHub stealing personal data Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the discovery of a malicious campaign dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky’s Global Research & Analysis Team, targeting gamers and crypto investors through compromised open-source repositories on GitHub. It…

  • The Register: Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/rather_than_add_a_backdoor/ Source: The Register Title: Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps Feedly Summary: PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief Apple has responded to the UK government’s demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud…

  • Hacker News: Tolerating full cloud outages with Monzo Stand-in

    Source URL: https://monzo.com/blog/tolerating-full-cloud-outages-with-monzo-stand-in Source: Hacker News Title: Tolerating full cloud outages with Monzo Stand-in Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text outlines Monzo’s innovative approach to ensuring system reliability and operational resilience through the implementation of its Monzo Stand-in platform, a backup banking infrastructure that operates independently from…

  • The Register: Analysts welcome ACID transactions on real-time distributed Aerospike

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/aerospike_acid_transactions/ Source: The Register Title: Analysts welcome ACID transactions on real-time distributed Aerospike Feedly Summary: The little database company with big users gaining fans as it adds consistency to speed and scale With its 8.0 release, distributed multi-model database Aerospike has added ACID transactions to support large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) applications in…

  • Cloud Blog: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercrime-multifaceted-national-security-threat/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat Feedly Summary: Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed intrusions. Despite this…

  • The Register: India wants all banking to happen at dedicated bank.in domain

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/india_bank_dotin_plan/ Source: The Register Title: India wants all banking to happen at dedicated bank.in domain Feedly Summary: With over 2,000 banks in operation, the potential to make life harder for fraudsters is obvious India’s Reserve Bank last week announced a plan to use adopt dedicated second-level domains – bank.in and fin.in – in…

  • Slashdot: India To Launch New Domain Name For Banks To Fight Digital Fraud

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/07/1335247/india-to-launch-new-domain-name-for-banks-to-fight-digital-fraud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: India To Launch New Domain Name For Banks To Fight Digital Fraud Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: India’s central bank is launching a new “.bank.in” domain for banks to mitigate the rise of digital payment fraud and enhance trust in online banking. This initiative is part…