Security & Fraud

Cyber Breach Concerns Suspend TurboTax’s State E-Filing
February 09, 2015

Amid concerns of fraudulent tax returns nationwide, TurboTax temporarily suspended e-filing on Feb. 6, according to The Wall Street Journal. The service was back online after 24 hours, but various state governments continue their cessation of accepting tax returns from TurboTax while the matter can be...

Palantir Adds Retail Shopping Data With FancyThat Purchase
February 09, 2015

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Creditcall Partners With NXP For EMV Kernel Collaboration
February 09, 2015

Payment gateway provider and EMV migration specialist Creditcall, which has more than 15 years of EMV experience and one million EMV Kernals deployed worldwide, recently announced its collaboration with NXP Semiconductors N.V., supplier of contact and contactless interfaces.

International
Major Cyber Attacks Crippling Private Insurance Firms
February 09, 2015

Just hours after Anthem, the second-largest U.S. health insurer, announced it had suffered a massive security breach, the largest Lloyd’s of London insurer said cyber attacks are now too big for private insurance companies to handle, according to the Financial Times. Get the Full Story...

Loyalty & Rewards
Cash-Back Site BigCrumbs Is Offline After User Accounts Were Breached
February 09, 2015

Cash-back shopping service BigCrumbs.com will be offline for as long as three weeks after discovering that some of its members’ accounts had been compromised — even though the site itself doesn’t appear to have been breached, ECommerceBytes reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Why Payments Players Should Be Worried About The Anthem Breach
February 07, 2015

American poet Taylor Swift noted in her classic work “Shake It Off “The haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate, hate), and the players gonna play (play, play, play, play).” However, if she was really on top of the trends, she might also have added  and the...

Connecting The Dots On Cybercrime
February 06, 2015

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News
ID Theft Ring Uses Ill-Gotten Gains To Buy Apple Gift Cards
February 06, 2015

Five people accused of running an identity theft ring in New York City will face charges relating to a 394-count indictment for stealing personal information from hundreds of dental patients. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

News
Anthem Attack Looks Like The Work Of Chinese Hackers
February 06, 2015

The massive data breach at health insurer Anthem appears to be the work of Chinese state-sponsored hackers who may have been searching for material to use in blackmailing government employees, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Feb. 5). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...