{"id":7258,"date":"2015-06-08T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T02:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bankvault.blog.central-data.net\/?p=95"},"modified":"2015-06-08T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T02:04:37","slug":"online-banking-fraud-losses-up-by-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bankvault.com\/online-banking-fraud-losses-up-by-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Banking Fraud Losses Up By 48%"},"content":{"rendered":"
As you get more tech-savvy, the hackers get more sophisticated.<\/strong><\/p>\n Most of individuals and businesses pay a good amount of money for their cyber security software and we all get emails alerting us to watch out for cyber crimes. \u201cDon\u2019t open\u2026\u201d, \u201cDo not click on\u2026\u201d messages float around the office, personal email inboxes, and on social media pages but the\u00a0report shows that cyber crime still caused 48% more losses in 2014 than in 2013.<\/p>\n Cyber criminals are using more sophisticated methods to dodge the security. Some of their tactics are to get deep inside the computer systems, and in most cases, by the time someone notices the attack, it is too late. The cyber attacks used to be for smaller amounts from individuals, but the advancement of technology is allowing the hackers to find more technical ways to incur bigger damages.\u00a0The targets are changing from individuals to firms, especially brokerages and advisory firms<\/strong>. A Real Estate firm in WA had was for $50K last year, and according to THE\u00a0FINANCIAL REVIEW<\/a>, half of the Fortune 500 will no longer exist in the next decade due to cyber crime.<\/p>\n The cyber thieves were able to get into a Broome, WA firm\u2019s online bank account by an email that contained malicious software (or malware) and redirected 3 payments totalling $50,000, by changing a client\u2019s account information. The payments were sent by the victim’s own hand, only to the wrong account. The thieves were also able to change the client\u2019s account information back to the original making it more difficult to detect the fraud.<\/p>\n For many firms, the damage is not only monetary, but also to their\u00a0future<\/strong>\u00a0reputation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n All of the current security organizations offer different tiers of \u201cprotection\u201d but not enough of \u201cprevention<\/a>.\u201d Often, by the time someone notices the attack, the contact has already been made through malware that contains viruses or a keylogger that records every key stroke you make. Keylogger and CryptoLocker are current threats to be aware of and here\u2019s what they do;<\/p>\n The malware is transferred to the system through phishing email attachments or links to click on, and the content is quite realistic as if they are from someone you know, or even pretend to be from government agencies. Even the\u00a0Australian Cyber Security Centre<\/em>\u00a0warns that\u00a0it\u2019s not just up to them<\/em>.<\/p>\n It is critical to be aware and stay updated on the existing threats as the attacks are activated by the emails received by yourself and your work colleagues.<\/p>\n Do we all need to be the experts in catching these bad guys? What can we do to STOP<\/strong>\u00a0these faceless criminals?<\/p>\n The real experts,\u00a0BankVault<\/a>, are here with the new technology to protect yoru online transactions.\u00a0BankVault<\/a>\u2019s new technology works differently than other security software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you get more tech-savvy, the hackers get more sophisticated. Most of individuals and businesses pay a good amount of money for their cyber security software and we all get emails alerting us to watch out for cyber crimes. \u201cDon\u2019t open\u2026\u201d, \u201cDo not click on\u2026\u201d messages float around the office, personal email inboxes, and on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[38,39],"class_list":["post-7258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-news","tag-financial-threats","tag-online-fraud"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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