Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Google’s Security Team Finds Slew Of Symantec, Norton Flaws
July 01, 2016

Critical vulnerabilities in Symantec and Norton security products were discovered by Google’s “project zero” team, Fortune reported on Wednesday (June 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Chapter 11 Watch: Forever 21 Dumped By Supplier, Brexit Shakes Things Up
June 30, 2016

It was an odd week for retail bankruptcies, if only because news of the Brexit decision to pull out of the European Union seemed to give more cause for concern over retail’s future on both sides of the Atlantic. But now that the British and their...

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ACLU Challenges Constitutionality Of Anti-Hacking Law
June 30, 2016

The American Civil Liberties Union heads to federal court to fight the constitutionality of an anti-hacking law. 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...

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Noodles & Co Reports Potential Data Breach
June 30, 2016

Fast-casual restaurants are supposed to be exactly that — quick enough on the back end to get food out to customers and convenient enough so that ordering, eating and paying are all low-stakes affairs. At least they used to be at Noodles & Co. Get...

Visa Claims Walmart Acting ‘In Bad Faith’
June 30, 2016

In the legal battle heating up over identification – and consumer choice – used to authorize EMV debit payments at Walmart stores, Visa said Wednesday (June 29) that the world’s largest retailer “secretly configured” payment terminals to accept only personal identification numbers (PINs) when chip cards were...

Chief Architect Officer As Chief Bottleneck Destroyer
June 30, 2016

Design, streamline, build, implement, repeat. The chief architect officer keeps the engines humming across the moving pieces of information technology, with an eye on building efficiencies and tearing down bottlenecks. Larry Herbinaux, CAO of Urban FT, gives a glimpse into a day in the life.

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Uber Drops Lyft Data Breach Subpoena
June 29, 2016

Top executives from both Uber and Lyft have avoided going to trial as part of a litigation settlement. As a result, they have avoided potentially giving up proprietary company data during the hearings. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Hackers’ New Tool? Computer Fan Sounds
June 29, 2016

Where there’s a will, there’s a way – and the statement can’t me more true when it comes to hackers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Investment App Investing In Itself To Fight Fraud
June 29, 2016

When you run a platform that lets 80K users buy stocks online for as little as $5 a pop, you better know who’s on each end of that trade. Authenticating those consumers is critical, StashInvest co-founder and president Brandon Krieg told PYMNTS, to staying in...