Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
The World Cup! The largest, most anticipated sports event in the known universe. Millions of football fans are passionately supporting their national teams. But what are Cybercriminals doing in the mean time? Jumping their digital prey while the victims are following the football? Or rather rallying around the flag, supporting their national team a...
11 July 2018 /payments /regulation Information Security
The Internet of Things represents a dramatic change in life as we know it. As everything around us is brought “online” through the inclusion of sensors, computing power and network connectivity, we will be provided with a much different life experience from what we have today. But if you think today’s cyber attacks on corporate networks are a caus...
14 July 2015 /security Innovation in Financial Services
For the people of Brazil, the semi-final match in the 2014 World Cup was a mesmerizing event. True, the opposition was as fierce as you can get – no one in his right mind wants to play against Germany – but the 200 million people of the host nation had a single vision in their minds, that of their football national team waving the golden cup at th...
12 July 2014 /security Innovation in Financial Services
It’s always heart breaking to see how people keep falling to good old fraud techniques, and while the recent wave of Sweetheart Scams carries a clear romantic notion, it’s actually one of the nastiest ploys on the market. “It’s too good to be true” has never been more highlighted than when the tall, handsome foreigner you had a digital relationshi...
30 June 2014 /security Innovation in Financial Services
OK folks. You’ve all been hearing about Bitcoin. Your neighbors have been hearing about Bitcoin. Your dog walker has been hearing about Bitcoin. Now it’s time to separate the wheat from the chaff… Learn how to become a successful Bitcoin thief, and make lots of money in this exciting new cybercrime frontier! This practical guide is intended ONLY
04 December 2013 /payments Information Security
“Customers appreciate security” is something I’ve heard time and again. When a big credit card associations wanted to increase user registration to a new eCommerce authentication program some ten years ago, they did a ‘focus group’, and people told them it would be really swell if the bank enforced the new security rather than made it optional. “I...
01 October 2013 /security Innovation in Financial Services
Scene 1 I was sitting at the table of a cozy riverside restaurant with three members of congress, part of a 23-strong delegation visiting Israel in August. Led by Democratic whip Stanley Hoyer, the group of newly elected lawmakers wanted to hear all about the Start-Up Nation, and I was invited by the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee to do ...
11 September 2013 /security Innovation in Financial Services
At precisely 20:26 local time my Yahoo app began buzzing like a bee hive. 72 ‘Mailer-Daemon’ failure to email messages popped up one after the other in my home-use email. Shortly afterwards I started getting emails from concerned buddies. ‘You have a virus’ was the most common reaction, with ‘Hacked…’ being the second. Someone I emailed with 5
20 June 2013 /security Information Security
Leavenworth is a small town in the west-coast state of Washington. Starting as a couple of roads parallel to the new railroad tracks set in the late 19th century by the Great Northern Railway company, it was fashioned after a Bavarian village and became a typical western frontier town. With a current population of 1,965, Leavenworth features two r...
21 May 2013 /security Innovation in Financial Services
It was one of the largest cyber-heists in human history. Like in many other cyber attacks, it started with breaching a secure network. This time the target was a US-based processor of prepaid cards issued by Bank of Oman. The attackers went in, took control of several accounts, raised the withdrawal limits and, most importantly, stole the PIN numb...
10 May 2013 /payments Information Security
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