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FBI Predicts Increased Use of Mobile Banking Apps Will Increase Cyber Attacks

The FBI just released a new Alert # I-061020-PSA, warning the public that as they increase the use of mobile banking applications (partly due to the increased forced time at home from the COVID-19 restrictions), they should expect more exploit attempts by cyber actors. Americans have been increasingly using their mobile devices to conduct banking activities, including cashing checks and transferring funds. It’s estimated that more than 75 percent of Americans used mobile banking during 2019.  And that since 2020 began there’s been an increase of 50% in usage of mobile banking.  With this increase, the FBI expects cyber actors to attempt to exploit new mobile banking customers using a variety of exploit techniques.

While most of the FBI’s recommendations for staying safe revolve around making sure you don’t download fake apps, and to keep your banking passwords secure by choosing hard to guess passwords and using multi-factor authentication, financial institutions should also think about bolstering their application security around their banking applications.

We know from the findings of the newest Verizon Data Breach Incident Report that attacks on web applications have doubled in the last year.  The latest studies from Forrester’s newest edition of The State of Application Security, tell us that applications are more vulnerable than ever.

Reports like these should be a good reminder for enterprises that it’s time to beef up your application security.

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