Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Wells Probes Wealth Management Sales Practices
March 02, 2018

The controversy surrounding Wells Fargo continues. 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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to...

Cybersecurity
Equifax Reveals 2.4M More Victims Of Breach
March 01, 2018

Equifax, the credit scoring company embroiled in a 2017 data breach scandal, disclosed news on Thursday (March 1) that has identified 2.4 million more consumers in the U.S. whose partial driver’s license information was stolen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Cybersecurity
Is The Putin Family Using An Estonian Bank For Money Laundering?
February 28, 2018

Reports out this morning indicated that a whistleblower inside Denmark’s biggest bank warned the institution that its Estonian branch was being used by members of the Putin family as a front for money laundering.  That warning was reportedly in 2013. Get the Full Story Complete...

Cybersecurity
PhishMe Is Acquired, Rebrands As Cofense
February 26, 2018

Email phishing has remained one of the most popular ways to trick people out of their money since the days of false Nigerian princes, who claimed they would share their inheritance with random strangers in a foreign land if those strangers could just do them...

Cybersecurity
Boloro: The Two Basics Of Digital Identity
February 26, 2018

What’s left to say about digital identity that hasn’t already been said? 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 Today. By...

Fraud Prevention
Visa Says Counterfeit Fraud At Chip-Enabled Merchants Plummets 70 Percent
February 23, 2018

Visa announced news on Friday (Feb. 23) that counterfeit fraud, as measured in dollars, dropped 70 percent in September 2017 compared to December of 2015. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Cybersecurity
DDoS Attacks Cost Businesses $2M Each Time They Hit
February 23, 2018

New research out from the cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab indicates that DDoS attacks are costly today — and getting more so by the minute. According to the report, SMBs can count on a price tag of around $120 thousand on the attack, while enterprise-level...

Cybersecurity
Glitch Exposes JPMC Account Data To Other Users 
February 23, 2018

Due to a glitch in JPMorgan Chase’s systems, some customers saw the personal information of other clients on Wednesday (Feb. 21). The bank has since fixed the problem, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Cybersecurity
Hackers Loved SSNs More Than Card Numbers in 2017
February 22, 2018

Who says you can’t teach an old criminal new tricks? 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 Today. By completing this...