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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 malware has been active since 2023, specifically targeting victims in Vietnam and Thailand.

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Read This If You Do Business in China

SecureWorld News

A Chinese bank forced two organizations, a UK-based technology and software vendor and a major financial institution, to download a software package in order to pay local taxes. But the bank left out a critical detail about the software: it included malware.". FBI issues new warning against Chinese tax software.

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Sunburn - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

The sad bit is that even though we can train our users 6 different ways to Sunday, unless they can internalize the experience of losing their device or having it compromised, it is very difficult to get them to follow form. Do they want someone to be able to get into their bank account? Expense management. Tags Applications.

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