Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Malwarebytes Report Reveals Massive Gaps in Cybersecurity as Employees Work at Home: Malwarebytes has announced the findings from its latest report, Enduring from Home: COVID-19’s Impact on Business Security. The report combines… | International | Technology | Technology | …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Bitcoin Ransomware and Remote Working: What the Future Holds: With the global COVID-19 pandemic redefining how people work and learn, the possibility of an increase in ransomware attacks is very high …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Myerscough College hit by ‘devastating’ cyber attack on GCSE results day: Hundreds of students were unable to find out their GCSE results after a huge cyber attack on Myerscough College.: “Phishing” – BingNews
How will GPT-3 change our lives?: GPT-3 is not a mind, but it is also not entirely a machine. It’s something else: a statistically abstracted representation of the contents of millions of minds, as expressed in their writing.” Regini …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Surge in Endpoint Attacks Calls for Changes in Endpoint Protection: As the number, types and complexity of endpoints increase, so do attacks on them. Traditional methods of protecting endpoints are no longer good enough.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Rwanda: Email-Related Fraud Increasingly Targeting Rwanda: Financial services also fell prey to the hackers, with phishing attacks often carried out using emails offering various benefits and bonuses to customers of credit institutions due to the pandemic.: “Phishing” – BingNews
OpenAI’s GPT-3 Makes Big Leap Forward for Natural Language Processing: With the recent release of GPT-3, a massive NLP model created by artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, it’s clear that machines will soon be capable of much more: writing coherent essays or fiction, …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council: ‘We Have a Challenging Road Ahead’: The Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) held its summer meeting virtually today to discuss Election Day preparations and other areas of coordination between the federal …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Resilience360: How Hackers Leverage COVID-19 to Disrupt Supply Chain Operations: As the COVID-19 pandemic shows little sign of wavering, commercial IT vulnerabilities that were created, exposed, or accentuated by new global health circumstances have also crystallized rather than …: “Phishing” – BingNews
The Election Security Drills States Need to Be Doing Right Now: With November right around the corner, state and local governments need to ensure the resilience of their election infrastructure.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: Do not offer to deposit a check into your account if requested by an unknown individual. The individual may claim they do not have an account and offer a sob story. You are financially responsible for all Items deposited into your account. Do not provide your account log on credentials to anyone. If you do, they can deposit stolen or counterfeit checks into your account. The Bank will hold you financially responsible.