Foe for Fraud: Transferable Adversarial Attacks in Credit Card Fraud Detection

Credit card fraud detection CCFD is a critical application of Machine Learning ML in the financial sector, where accurately identifying fraudulent transactions is essential for mitigating financial losses. ML models have demonstrated their effectiveness in fraud detection task, in particular with...

Performance of Machine Learning Classifiers for Anomaly Detection in Cyber Security Applications

This work empirically evaluates machine learning models on two imbalanced public datasets KDDCUP99 and Credit Card Fraud 2013. The method includes data preparation, model training, and evaluation, using an 80/20 train/test split. Models tested include eXtreme Gradient Boosting XGB, Multi Layer...

Malicious Python Packages on PyPI Downloaded 39,000+ Times, Steal Sensitive Data

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious libraries in the Python Package Index PyPI repository that are designed to steal sensitive information and test stolen credit card data. Two of the packages, bitcoinlibdbfix and bitcoinlib-dev, masquerade as fixes for recent issues detected in a...

CVE-2024-36680: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Facebook’s PrestaShop Module Exposes Thousands of E-commerce Sites to Credit Card Fraud

SQL Injection Exposure in Promokit.eu Threatens Facebook's PrestaShop Customers PrestaShop is a free, open-source E-commerce platform launched in 2007. Built with PHP and MySQL, it offers customizable, scalable solutions for online stores. Features include product management, inventory tracking,...

Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme

The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service FSB was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. T...

Activities in the Cybercrime Underground Require a New Approach to Cybersecurity

As Threat Actors Continuously Adapt their TTPs in Today's Threat Landscape, So Must You Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground . The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill's collected intelligence items...

Activities in the Cybercrime Underground Require a New Approach to Cybersecurity

As Threat Actors Continuously Adapt their TTPs in Today's Threat Landscape, So Must You Earlier this year, threat researchers at Cybersixgill released the annual report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground. The research stems from an analysis of Cybersixgill's collected intelligence items...

Prilex modification now targeting contactless credit card transactions

Prilex is a singular threat actor that has evolved from ATM-focused malware into unique modular PoS malware—actually, the most advanced PoS threat we have seen so far, as described in a previous article. Forget about those old memory scrapers seen in PoS attacks. Prilex goes beyond these, and it...

A week in security (January 16—22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Google to support the use of Rust in Chromium Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows "time theft" TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine "Untraceable" surveillance firm sued fo...

Credit card fraud group member could get up to 30 years in jail

Card fraud, a staple diet of scammers online, is currently featuring heavily on the US Department of Justice portal. The reason? A story which has rumbled on for a few years finally seems to be pulling into its final destination, as a man admits his role in a slice of fraud which impacted thousan...

Hackers Using CAPTCHA Bypass Tactics in Freejacking Campaign on GitHub

A South Africa-based threat actor known as Automated Libra has been observed employing CAPTCHA bypass techniques to create GitHub accounts in a programmatic fashion as part of a freejacking campaign dubbed PURPLEURCHIN. The group "primarily targets cloud platforms offering limited-time trials of...

See Tickets data breach went undetected for 2.5 years

By Deeba Ahmed See Tickets have warned customers to remain cautious of possible identity theft attacks and credit card fraud. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: See Tickets data breach went undetected for 2.5 years...

Credit Card Fraud That Bypasses 2FA

Someone in the UK is stealing smartphones and credit cards from people who have stored them in gym lockers, and is using the two items in combination to commit fraud: Phones, of course, can be made inaccessible with the use of passwords and face or fingerprint unlocking. And bank cards can be...

Protection Against Online Scams: How to Keep Your Credit Safe

By Owais Sultan Credit card fraud happens when someone steals your credit information and uses it to make purchases or borrow… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Protection Against Online Scams: How to Keep Your Credit Safe...

Natural Language Processing and “Mindful” AI Drive More Sophisticated Bad Bot Attacks

The evolution from human to bot attacks Over the last several years of my career in cyber security, I have been fortunate to work with professionals who researched and developed new cyber security detection and prevention solutions that block high-end cyber attacks. Initially, these attacks were...

Five Ways Cyber Attackers Leverage Bad Bots to Commit Automated Fraud

The accelerated shift to digital payments has made online fraud more prevalent than ever, as losses from it are expected to exceed $206 billion over the next five years, driven by identity fraud, fake accounts, and payment fraud. Catalyzed by the pandemic, the shift gained substantial traction in...

Imperva is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Bot Management, Q2 2022

We are thrilled to announce that Imperva has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Bot Management, Q2 2022 report – a trusted source for technology buyers that helps security and risk professionals select the right vendor for their needs in a technology marketplace. The report offers a...

The Demise of White House Market Will Shake Up the Dark Web

The popular marketplace’s closing leaves a big hole in the billion-dollar industry of illegal drugs, credit card and bank fraud, forged documents, and more...

The 4 most common bad bot attack methods targeting financial services

Organizations in the financial services sector are high-value targets for cybercriminals. In recent years, more sophisticated botnets and other bad bot attack methods have enabled malicious hackers to ratchet up the speed of attacks on this sector. The four most common ways hackers deploy botnets...

Interpol Arrests Moroccan Hacker Engaged in Nefarious Cyber Activities

Law enforcement authorities with the Interpol have apprehended a threat actor responsible for targeting thousands of unwitting victims over several years and staging malware attacks on telecom companies, major banks, and multinational corporations in France as part of a global phishing and credit...