Security & Fraud

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P.F. Chang’s Breached
June 11, 2014

In a distinction best labeled dubious, national Chinese food chain P.F. Chang’s now joins Neiman-Marcus, Target, Michaels and Sally Beauty Supply as the fifth major retail chain to suffer a massive data breach. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

International
Report: Cyber Crime In Kenya Discourages Prepaid Card Use
June 11, 2014

Due to an increase in cyber crime in Kenya, prepaid card holders are becoming more hesitant on using their cards to make purchases. According to data from Central Bank, the number of prepaid card transactions slowed month-on-month from October 2013 to February 2014. Specifically, the...

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Report: Cybercrime Costs Global Economy Over $400 Billion Annually
June 10, 2014

Internet security company McAfee recently announced that the annual global cost of cybercrime is estimated to be anywhere from $375 billion to $575 billion, with the actual figure likely tipping above $400 billion. According to a recent McAfee survey, not only does cyber crime damage...

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McDumpals – The Place To Go When Craving A Stolen Card
June 10, 2014

Operating under the McDonald’s signature golden arches on a red background and borrowing a modified Ronald McDonald as their mascot (in this iteration he’s pointing a gun a the viewer) McDumpals is clearly in violation of a slew of intellectual property laws. Get the Full...

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New Security Breach Identified
June 06, 2014

Just a few months after the discovery of the risk the Heartbleed Bug posed to hundreds of thousands of servers nationwide, a new security bug in OpenSSL encryption was reported and patched yesterday, according to an advisory released by the OpenSSL group. The new bug is the most...

CA Technologies
Ten Things Never To Do When Designing A Fraud Solution
June 05, 2014

Don’t “over-rule” your fraud system. Don’t let the 95 percent suffer at the hands of the 5 percent who shouldn’t have to. Oh, and think you can substitute good employees for good documentation? Think again. These are but 3 of the 10 fraud solution “no-no’s”...

Cool
What’s Next In Authentication Technology
June 04, 2014

Hunting down and dealing with fraudsters quickly and accurately doesn’t just mean keeping the fraudsters out – it means knowing what customers need to be allowed in. That’s where having foolproof authentication becomes critical. ThreatMetrix’s new product, Trust Tags, is a “next gen” authentication tool...

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Swiss Researchers ‘Spoof’ Secure Software
June 04, 2014

The biometrics group at the Idiap Research Institute in Switzerland recently announced that they had found a way to “spoof” a vein recognition device. Previously, vein recognition software was considered to be difficult to hack or spoof. This was because the biometric patterns created by...

International
Argentinian Central Bank Warns Consumers of The Risks Of Digital Currency
June 03, 2014

Bitcoin’s promising South American development has hit a bump in the road with Argentinian Central Bank having gone and issued a warning on the perils of getting involved with digital currencies. Though bitcoin is not the only digital currency, it is the largest one. Get...