A new malicious software has been identified as circumventing security features on the Android version 6 mobile phone operating system. That’s according to cybersecurity research firm Kaspersky Lab based out of Russia but registered in the U.K. The malware targets users’ banking apps and steals...
If you’ve been perusing a certain porn site, your identity could be at risk. An exposure — and not the kind anyone wants: Approximately 800,000 names, user IDs and some conversations may be exposed after hackers allegedly broke into the Brazzers porn forum. Get the...
Customers of Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities had a lot to gossip about on Sunday and Monday this past weekend when the utility companies' new public utilities billing system malfunctioned. Emails were sent out that showed private details and utility usage of other...
Many PayPal users looking for customer assistance are instead having to deal with cybercriminals. 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...
IdentityMind Global, a company focused on digital identities for securing online financial transactions, announced on Thursday (Sept. 1) its Identity Graph Intelligence (IGI) tool. IGI is an important extension of the company’s Trusted Digital Identities API, which helps identify and reduce risk through risk scoring...
In hacking, as in politics, ruining people is considered sport. As noted by Business Insider on Wednesday (Aug. 31), login details tied to as many as 70 million users from Dropbox wound up being leaked across the web, and an old-age no-no — namely, that of password...
Because there just wasn’t quite enough cybercrime in the world — the ever-inventive folks using computers to separate innocent people from their money seem to have a evolved a brand new heinous tactic: creating fake profiles on online dating sites to rob people genuinely looking for...
Another one bites the dust, as they say. 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...
Member Banks of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) seem to be in the cybercriminal’s crosshairs these days. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
