Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
The Great Twitter Hack And Power Of Social Engineering
July 16, 2020

As of 2020, high-profile hacks are no longer a massive surprise. A hundred thousand data breaches after the great Target breach of late 2013, and the world has more or less gotten used to hackers getting into places they ought not be, and making off...

Cybersecurity
Twitter Accounts Of Bezos, Buffett, Musk And Others Apparently Victims Of ATO Crypto Scam
July 15, 2020

High-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others, were taken over in a wave of hackings on Wednesday (July 15), according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Germany’s BaFin Deepens Investigation Into Potential Wirecard Insider Trading
July 15, 2020

BaFin is broadening its probe regarding potential insider Wirecard stock trading to encompass all those who served on the supervisory and management boards of the payment firm this year, Reuters reported, citing a representative for the German financial regulator. BaFin is also eyeing every Wirecard trade during the last couple...

Cybersecurity
Report: Some Wirecard ‘Partnerships’ May Be A Hoax
July 15, 2020

Wirecard AG, the insolvent German payment processing company facing criminal accusations, may have misled the financial community about its partnerships with blue-chip companies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Why The Best Fraud Defenses Need Artificial And Human Intelligence
July 15, 2020

There’s an old saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. Shedding some light on just what the bad guys want — and why and how they are angling to get it — means that the financial services ecosystem can effectively head them off at the pass....

Fraud Prevention
Evening The Odds Against ATO With Fraud Decisioning
July 14, 2020

Petabytes of compromised personal information and card data are being commoditized for sale on the dark web, ushering in an era of what’s being called “industrial-scale account takeover” (ATO). The problem is growing as more commerce moves online — and is exposed. Get the Full...

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Fraudsters Create ‘Clone’ Investment Accounts To Dupe Consumers
July 14, 2020

Retail investors have been succumbing to “impersonation fraud,” where fraudsters pretend to be famous brands and thus are able to con millions of Euros from them, Financial Times (FT) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Merrill Lynch Under Investigation By NH Securities Regulators
July 13, 2020

Securities regulators in New Hampshire are investigating claims by former Gov. Craig Benson that he lost $100 million because Merrill Lynch churned customer accounts to generate millions in excess commissions, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Deep Dive: Why Leveraging Biometrics Can Ease FIs’ $4B ATO Problem
July 13, 2020

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