Could removing human error from the authentication equation stop attacks like WannaCry before they begin? In the May Digital Identity Tracker™, powered by Socure, PYMNTS caught up with Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, about how biometrics and second-factor authentication are replacing error-ridden,...
North Korea is the likely culprit behind the WannaCry cyber attack that managed to infect 300,000 computers worldwide. That comes care of cyber security firm Symantec, which confirms its researchers found multiple links between early versions of WannaCry and the code in previous outings by...
Russian cybercriminals pulled off a small mobile banking heist on their own countrymen with malware for Android mobile devices. By cybercrime standards it was a fairly small take — about 50 million roubles ($892,000) — but all evidence suggests that the domestic efforts were something...
SWIFT announced Monday (May 22) that it is setting global customer security standards and boosting its overall transparency on cybersecurity among users of the SWIFT network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Whether it’s safeguarding sensitive personal and financial information from attacks like WannaCry or authenticating travelers at an airport, security is top of everyone’s mind these days. And, increasingly, governments and corporations alike are turning to new tech to help boost protection. Get the Full Story...
What might lie behind the cyberattacks emanating from North Korea? Possibly Unit 180, which Reuters reports is a “special cell” within the country’s main spy agency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
The WannaCry cyberattack that caused headaches across the globe last week compromised some of Russia’s banks, reported Reuters, citing the Central Bank of Russia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
With cyber insurance expensive and not used by many outside of the U.S., companies are turning to their insurance policies that cover things like ransom and extortion to get back losses from the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused headaches around the globe a little over...
Retailers aren’t just being robbed on line by cybercrooks. But physical retailers are being robbed and 70 percent of those robbers are never caught. Sean Huver, founder and CEO at Deep Science AI, tells Karen Webster how visual search can help to stop crimes in...
