December 07, 2021
BOXX Insurance Teams With Equifax for Identity Theft Protection
Cyber insurer BOXX Insurance is teaming up with Equifax to offer $1 million in identity theft protection coverage as holiday shopping gears up for record eCommerce sales, according to a...
July 22, 2021
Auto Dealers Face Gap Between Tight Risk Management And Comfy...
“Everyone’s at risk — and everyone’s a target.” To that end, Mark Luber, chief product officer at Equifax, told Karen Webster that in an increasingly digital world, lenders being targeted...
July 15, 2021
NortonLifeLock Looks To Acquire Cybersecurity Firm Avast
NortonLifeLock is working on a deal to acquire Prague cybersecurity software firm Avast, which trades on the London Stock Exchange, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (July 14). Based in Arizona,...
June 15, 2021
Big Data Protection: Big Problem?
Considerable debate exists as to the interaction of antitrust and privacy law. This nuanced debate encompasses many difficult questions: when is there a strong consumer preference for privacy, and when...
June 11, 2021
McDonald’s Falls Victim To Data Breach Amid Growing Cyberattack Concern
The world’s largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain just had its cyber defenses breached. McDonald’s revealed Friday (June 11) that its databases have been hacked in the United States, South Korea...
June 10, 2021
PYMNTS Equifax Survey Report: 79 percent Of Businesses Will Forgo...
PYMNTS June 2021 report, The Next Wave: Business Adoption Of Digital Identity Protection, an Equifax collaboration, opens on a sobering statistic: 36 billion records were breached on social media sites...
June 07, 2021
NEW DATA: 79 Pct Of Lenders Prioritize Digital ID Security...
The increased use of digital services within the past year has come with an increased risk of security issues. Cybercrime is worsening as hackers plan attacks on a massive scale...
July 28, 2020
Deep Dive: How FIs Are Looking Beyond Traditional Know Your...
Fraudsters and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly evolving to best each other, and growth in synthetic ID fraud is revealing that many banks must enhance their security measures to stay...
July 09, 2020
New Report: Why FIs Are Taking A Behind-The-Scenes Approach To...
Banks have been facing a concerning rise in account takeover (ATO) attacks targeting their customers, with financial institutions (FIs) losses due to such schemes rising 72 percent from 2018 to...