Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Financial institutions today spend hundreds of millions of dollars and dedicate hundreds of employees to combatting cybercrime. The ultimate insult to these defenses would be to have security breached by a simple picture taken on a smartphone. The idea that this technique could topple banks’ massive cybersecurity regimes may sound absurd. But as banks tighten security, attackers are seeking new ways to gain access to sensitive information. One such approach is visual hacking. A visual hack could involve someone inside a bank branch or back office, such as a customer or delivery person, taking a picture of an employee’s computer screen. It could also involve capturing information from documents left in open view on a desk or printer tray. It could even involve someone outside a bank using a high-powered camera to record drive-up teller and ATM transactions. Technological advancements have made visual hacking easy to carry out. Nearly everyone has a smartphone, and cameras are increasingly powerful and sophisticated. Wearable technology continues to proliferate. We even have drones that can be mounted with cameras and glide by windows unnoticed—once the stuff of science fiction. Rethinking the Scope of Security Priorities Visual hacking can be a powerful technique. Anexperiment recently […]
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