Blog - Kubera

12 Jun New Pandemic Scams On The Rise

Posted at 14:32h in Banks & Fees, Data Breach, New Technology, News, Payments Security, Tips and Tricks by Eric

The WHO was one of the first major organizations to warn about the increase of cyberattacks and online scams happening over the past few months. In late April WHO reported a fivefold increase in cyber attacks stating that some 450 active WHO email addresses and...

28 May How Coding Bootcamps Are Transforming Education

Posted at 23:31h in Inspiration, New Technology, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Technology is quickly transforming every sector and education is no exception. From online curricula at every stage of learning that accelerates the pace that students can complete their education or virtual classrooms and learning software, technology is aiming to dramatically change how people learn. Perhaps...

09 Apr How to defend yourself against VTC hijacking and being Zoom-bombed. FBI Warns

Posted at 16:00h in Uncategorized by Eric

Reports of VTC hijacking also called Zoombombing are emerging with the recent influx of video-teleconferecing (VTC) as a primary form of communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The FBI has received several reports including video conferences being interrupted by hate-speech/images, threats and or pornographic messages. Lately Zoom has...

01 Feb Amazon envisions the next level in biometric payments: Waving with your hand

Posted at 14:33h in Business, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, New Technology by Eric

Last week, Amazon made plans to introduce terminals that will allow consumers to make payments by waving the palms of their hands. These terminals would be placed in brick in brick and mortar shops and would be enabled to link consumers’ credit card information to...

30 Sep Three common cyber security threats and what to do about them

Posted at 22:24h in Business, Data Breach, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Technology has changed significantly over the years making everyone's lives easier. Daily life is now more convenient and in many ways more enjoyable. Never before has communication been so simple. Travel has also improved, making it easier to discover new places, and more difficult to get...

31 Jul What Businesses And Consumers Should Know About The Capital One Breach

Posted at 22:27h in Banks & Fees, Credit Cards, Data Breach, News by Eric

Yesterday, a week after Equifax reached a whopping $650 million dollar settlement from their 2017 breach, Capital One disclosed in a press release that it suffered a massive data breach exposing the personal information of about 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians. Again, another huge...