Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a report by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Ours is the age of the cyberheist. 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...
The FBI is investigating a hacking campaign that targeted more than a dozen U.S. utilities, some of which are located near critical infrastructure. According to The Wall Street Journal, researchers at a Silicon Valley cybersecurity company discovered the cyberattack attempts. The FBI has contacted some...
Printing company Vistaprint left an online database containing customer interactions unencrypted, according to a report. 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,...
After using their accounts to log into specific Android apps downloaded from the Google Play store, Twitter and Facebook noted that the personal information of hundreds of users might have been accessed improperly. The tech firms received a report from researchers who came across the oneAudience software...
Sweden-based Detectify, a crowd-based online security company that incentivizes “elite hackers” to help developers stay abreast of security issues, has raised €21 million in a funding round, according to a report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky is highlighting a rise in fake browser notifications this year, according to a press release. 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...
As data breaches and ransomware hacks escalate, cyber protection is becoming one of the fastest-growing insurance industry sectors, a Financial Times special report indicated. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Hackers are leveraging increasingly sophisticated attacks against FIs, and have corporate transactions in the crosshairs. Will LaSala, director of security services at OneSpan, tells PYMNTS how signing (and checking the details of) corporate transactions with the aid of encryption can help improve the overall user...
