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Ashley Madison Hack Exposes More Than Just Data
July 21, 2015

Ashley Madison has a corporate slogan: “Life is short, have an affair.” 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...

Latest PoS Malware Spreads Across North America
July 20, 2015

A new breed of point-of-sale malware, known as GamaPoS, was discovered last week by security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro and is said to have already affected organizations across the United States and Canada.

CVS Confesses Customers’ Credit Card Info May Have Been Hacked
July 20, 2015

The online photo service maintained by CVS was shut down as of Friday (July 17), ABC News reported one day after the site shut down and after the news that CVS may have been hacked, with credit card information possibly having been stolen. Get the Full...

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The Big Buy-In Edition: How Visa, Google and Greece Are Investing In The Future
July 20, 2015

We at PYMNTS like to imagine that while the markets wait, watch and speculate today about the future of PayPal as an independent company, its employees are busily engaged in a company-wide sing-along of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Data Breaches Make Cybersecurity An Investor Darling
July 20, 2015

The rise of data breaches is becoming more widespread, hitting companies all over the globe working in an array of industries, leaving devastating results in their wake. But venture capitalists are taking notice. According to The Wall Street Journal, researcher CB Insights found that the...

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US May See More Massive Cyberattacks
July 17, 2015

It is no longer a matter of if the U.S. will fall victim to massive cyberattacks, it is just a matter of when. At least that seems to be the consensus of the National Security Agency, among other high-profile watchdogs. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Hackers Supply A Threat To Wholesale Distributor Grainger
July 17, 2015

The B2B eCommerce site Grainger, which supplies maintenance, repair and operating products globally, confirmed Tuesday (July 14) that its network fell victim to a cyberattack in early June. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Cybercrime Site Darkode Goes Dark
July 17, 2015

An online forum, among one of the more successful English-language forays into cybercrime, was shut down on Wednesday (July 15), and authorities around the world arrested 28 people connected with the site, Forbes reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Apple Pay In The UK
July 17, 2015

Coming out of the All-Star game last weekend, it is surprising that the curveball of the week didn’t come out of baseball. In fact, it didn’t even get pitched in the United States. No, this week in an epic fit of Apple being Apple, Cupertino...