Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
FBI Helps Businesses Outwit Fraudsters By Deploying Decoy Data
December 23, 2019

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working firsthand with companies to outsmart cybercriminals by deploying decoy data, Ars Technica reported on Friday (Dec. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Cybersecurity
Wawa Says Thousands Affected By Data Breach
December 20, 2019

Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Hackers Access Unsecured Facebook Database With 267M Users’ Info 
December 20, 2019

Security researcher Bob Diachenko and Comparitech discovered that a Facebook database with 267 million user IDs, phone numbers and names was left unsecured and accessed by hackers, who uploaded it to a downloadable format, according to a report.  Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Fraud Prevention
Digital Fraud And AI Battle To The Death
December 20, 2019

All in all, cybercriminals had a pretty good year. In Q3 2019 alone they made off with cryptocurrency valued at almost $4.5 billion. More than one-third of Americans surveyed report being victims of cybercrime in 2019, and 41 percent of those incidents involved the theft...

Fraud Prevention
Deep Dive: Clean And Friendly Fraud Play Dirty
December 20, 2019

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Thousands Of Amazon Ring Passwords Leaked On Dark Web
December 20, 2019

A new security lapse has been involved with Amazon’s Ring security cameras this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Facebook, Alphabet Scammer To Serve Five Years In Prison
December 20, 2019

A Lithuanian man who scammed Facebook and Google into sending him hundreds of millions of dollars has been sentenced to five years in prison, according to published reports Thursday (Dec. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Fraud Prevention
How TripAdvisor Sends Review Fraudsters Packing
December 20, 2019

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Child Tracking Smartwatch Vulnerability Could Leak Location Data, Voice Recordings
December 19, 2019

The peace of mind parents get with child-tracking smartwatches has been turned upside-down. A cloud-based security flaw has been allowing unauthorized people to monitor children’s locations, as reported on Wednesday (Dec. 18). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...