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Mobile Malware Uses Deepfakes, Social Engineering to Bypass Biometric Authentication

SecureWorld News

A sophisticated form of mobile malware dubbed "GoldPickaxe" has been uncovered, which collects facial recognition data to produce deepfake videos, enabling hackers to bypass biometric authentication protections on banking apps. The hackers rely heavily on social engineering tactics to distribute the malware.

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Another T-Mobile cyberattack reportedly exposed customer info and SIMs

The Verge

T-Mobile has suffered another cyberattack after being rocked by a massive data breach in August. This time around, attackers accessed “a small number of” customers’ accounts, according to documents posted by The T-Mo Report. We weren’t able to find widespread reports from customers that said they’d received notification letters.

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T-Mobile investigating report of customer data breach that reportedly involves 100 million people

The Verge

T Mobile may have suffered a customer data breach | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. T-Mobile confirmed Sunday that it’s looking into an online forum post that claims to be selling a large trove of its customers’ sensitive data. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic. “We

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Three Ways Banks Can Improve Identity Authentication and Customer Data Privacy

CIO Business Intelligence

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Avaya’s research report reveals three critical ways to do so. IT Leadership

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Architecting Identity: Five Essential Elements of a Modern Customer Authentication Service

CIO Business Intelligence

million fraud reports from consumers that totaled more than $5.8 They may have a built-in user store supporting password authentication, for example. In response to cloud-based customer experiences, more focus has shifted to authentication. 5 Essential modern customer authentication elements that FIDO enables.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Information Technology

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. How do you make your money?

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Research Uncovers 3,200+ Mobile Apps Leaking Twitter API Keys

SecureWorld News

New research from security firm CloudSEK shows that more than 3,200 mobile applications were leaking Twitter API (Application Program Interface) keys, which can be used to gain access and take over user accounts. CloudSEK asks in its report, "What all can go wrong with just a bunch of API keys and tokens?" Their response: everything.