Banks very vulnerable to hacks today, warns CERT-In

New Delhi, Oct 21: The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) India has warned banks in the country of a major cyber attack from Pakistan. Following this alert, the banks have been told to step up security. Further the CERT-In is also working closely with the Reserve Bank of India to step up security. The alert comes in the wake of a big security breach in which nearly 30 lakh debit cards have…

Daily Links and Deals: Your checking account is probably easier to hack into than your email

Daily Links for Tuesday, March 1, 2016:

Hound Is a Digital Assistant That’s Smarter Than Siri, Google Now and Cortana (ReCode) – The new kid on the block sounds interesting.

Women Are Taking to the Streets to Save London’s Beloved Feminist Library (Broadly) – Women from the community are protesting the astronomical rent increases threatening the library.

Why you probably shouldn’t be doing work…

JPMorgan Hack — Three Men Charged in Biggest Bank Hack in History

The US government has charged hackers over the largest ever hacking case in financial history. The US Court of the Southern District of New York has charged three men accused of hacking into many financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase that, according to the officials, was “the largest theft of user data from a U.S. financial institution in history.” JPMorgan Chase is one of the world’s…

Report: German Bank ATMs vulnerable to Hackers

Avoiding Credit Card Fraud is simply easy as long as you use cash. But, what if you even get hacked while withdrawing cash from an ATM? If you are living in Germany or traveling there, then think twice before using your payment cards in the ATMs. Here’s why: A Security researcher in Germany has managed to hack ATM and self-service terminal fromSparkasse Bank that allowed him to reveal the…

Researcher warns about Security Loopholes in Denmark’s Largest Bank

While accessing your Bank account online, Have you ever thought… …there could be a Hacker, somewhere in the World, who is after your Money? Maybe NO. Because, you believe that your bank offers Secure banking solution, Right? At The Hacker News, we have reported many incidents of cyber attacks, which proves that Banks are more often being targeted by Hackers, despite robust Banking Security…