Security & Fraud

International
Report: U.S. Tops Financial Trojan Infection List
March 05, 2015

U.S. banks and their customers remained the top targets for financial malware in 2014, even as the infection rate for trojan-style attack software was cut in half, according to a new report from Symantec. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Mobile Commerce
Defying Online Fraud Post US EMV Migration
March 05, 2015

By the end of 2018, U.S. card-not-present fraud losses are expected to reach $6.4 billion. While the U.S. migrates to EMV to help prevent card-present fraud, the fraudsters are migrating their focus to the online world. Organized crime rings are increasingly nabbing funds in jaw-dropping,...

Million-Dollar Hospital Cyberattack Sparks BOA Lawsuit
March 04, 2015

After a 2013 cyberattack cost it $1.03 million, a public hospital in Washington state is now suing Bank of America to recover some of its losses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

International
Are Fake Goods To Blame For Alibaba’s Stock Slump?
March 04, 2015

Alibaba’s executive team has repeatedly said it’s taken strict measures to combat fraudulent sellers on its marketplaces, but there’s another force in China’s e-commerce market that’s making it harder to regulate: brushing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

News
Merchants Push For Tokenization Over EMV
March 04, 2015

Retailers are fed up with hearing from banks and credit unions that they don’t care about payment-card security and fraud, Bank Info Security reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

News
2014 Brought $16 Billion In ID Theft Fraud
March 04, 2015

$16 billion was stolen from 12.7 million identity fraud victims in 2014 — and that was an improvement, according to a Javelin Strategy study released on Tuesday (March 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Hackers Cracked Into Natural Grocers’ Registers
March 03, 2015

Customer credit and debit card information on Natural Grocers’ cash registers has been illegally accessed; what’s being done with that information remains to be seen. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

News
Why Voice Biometrics Could Be The Next Game-Changer In Authentication
March 03, 2015

Billion dollar companies lose 3 percent or more of their revenues a year to mobile fraud. Many have resorted to frequent, impractical creation of complicated passwords to stop these losses – but that just isn’t cutting it. Biometrics, however, introduce “a new paradigm in user...

Mobile
Chip Makers Talk Smartphone Security Upgrades
March 03, 2015

Chip makers Qualcomm and Intel are looking for better ways of authenticating users for payments and other smartphone functions, and they’re talking up what they hope will be the next wave of user recognition this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, The Wall...