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Tech, Security Firms Join Forces To Take Down WireX

Tech, Security Firms Join Forces To Take Down WireX
Tech, Security Firms Join Forces To Take Down WireX
August 29, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

A group of technology and security companies joined forces despite being competitors to take down WireX, a new cybercrime machine that was made up of...

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Botnets For Breakfast, Election Hacks For Snacks
Botnets For Breakfast, Election Hacks For Snacks
August 11, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Conspiracy theorists who think someone tampered with the 2016 U.S. election may actually have a case. The level of security on U.S. voting machines — or...

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Germany Fears Election Issues After Cyberattack
Germany Fears Election Issues After Cyberattack
December 09, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

After nearly 1 million German ISP Deutsche Telekom customers were knocked offline due to infected routers, the country’s government is concerned about the vulnerability of...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
May 27, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

You want to know what really sizzled this week? The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. We’ve even stopped complaining now that...

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How To Tell The Good Bots Vs. The Bad Ones
How To Tell The Good Bots Vs. The Bad Ones
May 23, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Though botnets may make life more convenient, a security firm says that roughly 40 percent of them are actually malicious, VentureBeat reported late last week....

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Online Fraud Attack Rates Soar Since October
Online Fraud Attack Rates Soar Since October
April 19, 2016  |  Fraud Prevention

Everyone said that fraud would move online in the U.S. post-EMV—and we now have proof that it has. A new report by PYMNTS and Forter...

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