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Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 21/05/2013 | 1010 views

The 1 Million Dollars Frontier Town Robbery

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... Tags: Security, Mobile & onlineGroup: Innovation in Financial Services

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 10/05/2013 | 1403 views

Take the 45 Million and Run

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... Tags: Mobile & online, PaymentsGroup: Information Security

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 28/08/2012 | 2131 views

The Tricia Bennett Mystery

A couple of weeks ago I got a LinkedIn invitation from someone called Tricia Bennett. I don’t know Tricia, and in such cases I’ve developed a best practice of first asking “hey mate, do I know you from somewhere”? What’s the rationale for linking yourself professionally only to people you’ve actually met? Well, ... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Information Security

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 13/06/2012 | 2010 views

What's the worst that can happen?

Here are some further thoughts on the LinkedIn compromise, following my previous blog post. Over the years I did some unscientific research on LinkedIn. Here’s some unofficial statistics I have on LinkedIn accounts: about 25% of LinkedIn users use their real corporate email account as the user name. That’s not a good practice for many ... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Information Security

Uri Rivner - BioCatch - Tel Aviv | 11/06/2012 | 3619 views | 3 comments

Is your LinkedIn Password Compromised?

The recent LinkedIn accounts compromise in which 6.5 million password hashes were published in the Russian hacker community grabbed a lot of media attention. In a hellish period of publicly known breaches that hit the front page news, with perimeter security defenses failing left and right in any possible vertical and geography, this incident stir... Tags: Security, Online bankingGroup: Information Security