Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Indian Entrepreneur BR Shetty Fingers Former CEOs Amid Scandal
October 12, 2020

BR Shetty, the embattled Indian FinTech and healthcare entrepreneur, is calling for an investigation of two of his former CEOs amid a financial scandal that has consumed his once-mighty multibillion-dollar business empire. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Former NSA Head: Pandemic Increases Cyber Threats For Companies
October 11, 2020

The country’s former top cyber spy said the pandemic has created conditions that have left companies more vulnerable to cybercrime than they previously were, the Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Report Warns Of Aviation Cybersecurity Risks
October 09, 2020

A government report found that airplanes have a number of digital technologies that might become susceptible to hackers and says American regulators have not put sufficient methods in place to contend with the risk, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Robinhood Reports Potential Hacking Incident
October 09, 2020

Online brokerage Robinhood, which offers a suite of tools aimed at making investing easy and comparatively cheap for the uninitiated, said on Friday (Oct. 9) that hackers may have gained information about customers’ personal email accounts, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Feds Charge Texas Man With CARES Act Fraud
October 09, 2020

Federal prosecutors on Thursday (Oct. 8) charged a Dallas-area man with allegedly playing a role in a scheme that sought to fraudulently obtain $24.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) funds, which are backed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid,...

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New US ‘Cryptocurrency Enforcement Network’ Takes Aim At Bitcoin Scammers
October 09, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. For instance, a new U.S. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address...

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Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor In Uganda
October 08, 2020

Ugandan police are investigating the hacking of a third-party processor of phone-based transactions, Bloomberg reported, that affected MTN Group and Standard Bank Group‘s local units. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Feedzai Reports 44 Pct Increase In First Half Of 2020
October 08, 2020

Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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The Problem With How Most Banks Use IP Address Checks To Fight Fraud
October 08, 2020

The growing cost of online fraud – and finding ways to detect it – has long been a costly concern of financial institutions (FIs). But GeoGuard CEO David Briggs told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that FIs could eliminate most fraudulent transactions with the...