Cybersecurity

Risk Management
WePay On The Art Of Payments Risk Management
November 30, 2018

Understanding risk, particularly its sources and how to most effectively manage it, is one of the most fundamentally important topics in payments for those who provide services and those who use them. It is also, according to WePay Co-Founder Rich Aberman and WePay VP of...

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OfferUp CEO On Making Marketplace Authentication Smarter
November 30, 2018

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Tax Havens And Money Laundering Suspected In Deutsche Bank Raid
November 29, 2018

Federal authorities in Germany raided six offices of Deutsche Bank on Thursday morning (November 29), searching for evidence about money laundering and offshore tax havens, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Dunkin’ Alerts DD Perks Account Holders That Hackers May Have Accessed Data
November 29, 2018

Dunkin’, the operator of Dunkin’ Donuts franchises, is alerting DD Perks rewards program account holders that its profiles and data may have been accessed by a hacker in October. ZDNet, citing the company, reported Dunkin’ wasn’t the victim of a breach — but that it...

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Dell Reset All Customer Passwords After Attempted Data Hack
November 29, 2018

Dell announced that it reset passwords for all accounts on its online electronics store after it stopped hackers from trying to steal customer data. Citing a source familiar with the breach, Reuters reported that the company did not tell customers about the attack before it forced...

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US Charges Iranian Hackers For SamSam Cyberattack
November 29, 2018

The United States has indicted two Iranians for launching a major cyberattack using the ransomware “SamSam.” 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...

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Hackers Are Using Leaked NSA Tools To Target Networks
November 28, 2018

The UPnProxy vulnerability that was used more than a year ago as a National Security Agency (NSA)  hacking tool is still going unpatched by hundreds of thousands of computers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Danske Bank Charged In Money Laundering Scandal
November 28, 2018

Preliminary charges have been filed against Denmark’s biggest lender, Danske Bank, over allegations that it violated the country’s money laundering laws, according to a report by Reuters. The charges are related to the bank’s branch in Estonia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Google, FBI, Cybersecurity Firms Shut Down Online Ad Fraud Scam
November 28, 2018

Google, the FBI and White Ops, along with a handful of cybersecurity companies, recently collaborated to shut down a digital ad fraud scam that used 1.7 million computers to generate fake clicks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...