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Fraud PreventionShutting The Front Door On Online Fraudsters
Building a secure customer journey is always a bit of a balancing act. It...
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Security & FraudFBI Helps Businesses Outwit Fraudsters By Deploying Decoy Data
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working firsthand with companies to outsmart cybercriminals by...
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Fraud PreventionHow TripAdvisor Sends Review Fraudsters Packing
Fraudsters are as busy during the holidays as consumers and merchants. There are plenty...
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Security & FraudVisa Warns Of Rise In Gas Station POS Cyberattacks
Visa has announced in a release that cybercriminals are employing new tactics to steal...
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Security & Fraud'Grinch Bots' Ramp Up Cybercrime During Holidays
Insidious shopping bots infiltrate eCommerce sites year-round, but the holiday season brings them out...
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Digital BankingDeep Dive: How Emerging AI Data-Driven Models Influence The Fraud...
Bank and credit card fraud losses are likely to reach $44 billion by 2025,...
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Digital BankingScotiabank: Slow But Steady Wins The AI Fraud Race
The fact that fraud is on the rise is not new, nor is it...
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Fraud PreventionWhy AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend
It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social...
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Security & FraudFlorida City Pays Hundreds Of Thousands To Hackers
One small Florida city has had to pay cybercriminals thousands of dollars in ransomware....
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Amazon Blockchain Service Expands; Cybercriminals Steal $356M In...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched its Amazon Managed Blockchain, a service that enables...
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Security & FraudThe Chipotle Hack And The Troubling Trend Of Credential Stuffing
The news out of Chipotle feels a bit like déjà vu, as it’s a...
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LegalCybercriminals Charged With Money Laundering, Wire Fraud
A federal jury has convicted two Romanian cybercriminals of infecting computers with malware in...
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B2B PaymentsNew Cyberattacks Surface To Steal Corporate Funds
The threat of cyberattacks continues to grow, and small businesses (SMBs) are caught in...
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Sizzle/FizzleFormjacking Takes Off (And The Rest Of The Week In...
While there is much negative to be said about cybercriminals, one can’t accuse hackers...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency...
Francesco Firano, founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been ordered to repay the $170...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Gambling isn’t new to payments and commerce players – every new idea is a...
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Security & FraudInfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart...
When it comes to the world of cybercrime touching the connected smart devices that...
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Security & Fraud2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there...
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Security & FraudGovt. Cyberattacks May Be Linked To Lazarus Group
Dozens of companies around the world were infiltrated by hackers using malicious software programmed...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Big Changes In Unexpected Places
Change can be disorienting, particularly when it comes at a fast pace. It’s why the...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Offering Innovations In Risk-Rich Environments
Where there are underserved consumers looking to enter the digital ecosystem, there are innovators big (and,...
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Security & FraudBig Banks See Uptick In Cyberattack Attempts
Sources have reported that some large U.S. banks have seen a boost in attempted...
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Security & FraudDeep Dive: How Retailers Guard Against Cyberattacks
PYMNTS explores the forces threatening consumer trust in this month’s Digital Identity Tracker™ Deep...
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Today In DataToday In Data: The High Cost Of Falling Behind In...
In a world that is moving quickly – and often in a lot of...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Fighting Fraud Without Frustrating Merchants
For all the time, energy and effort spent fighting fraudsters, they are persistent in looking...
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Security & FraudCybercriminals Harass FIs 81M Times In 2018 So Far
A new report has revealed that financial institutions (FIs) were hit with 81 million...
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Security & FraudDataVisor CEO On Winning The AML Arms Race
The best thing about living in the digital age, DataVisor CEO and Co-Founder Yinglian...
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Security & FraudFBI Warns Banks About Widescale ATM Cash-Out Scam
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to banks that cybercriminals...
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Security & Fraud146B Customer Records On Dark Web By 2023
A new report has found that over 33 billion records will be stolen by...
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Security & FraudHyas Notches $6.2M In Series A Round Led By Microsoft's...
To help identify the hackers behind cyberattacks, Hyas has notched $6.2 million in Series...
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Security & FraudBeware Malware 'Cocktails,' Warns SonicWall
Malware is up – and beware the malware cocktails. SonicWall said that its 2018...
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DOJ Charges 36 Over $530M In Cyber ID Crime Spree
You’ve heard of a baker’s dozen. Well, here, perhaps, is the hacker’s three dozen —...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Ripple’s Bitcoin And XRP Crash, Cybercriminals Love Their...
With the growth of cryptocurrency, criminals are beginning to commit crypto crimes. Cybercriminals have...
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Blockchain / Distributed LedgerForget Bitcoin — Privacy Tokens A Favorite Of The Bad...
Bitcoin may be garnering a lot of interest from all sorts of investors, but...
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Security & FraudSenators Dissatisfied With Equifax’s $7M Deal With The IRS
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ben Sasse have some questions for the Internal Revenue Service...
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MarketsDark Web Down But Not Out
The black market took a hit when, in July, law enforcement took down two...
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Security & FraudSurvey Says Security Professionals Doubt Effectiveness of Encryption Backdoors
Venafi, the provider of machine identity protection, announced Thursday (Aug. 17) that, based on...
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Security & FraudToo Much Security? There’s No Such Thing
Retailers are retailers, not security experts. Too often, their best efforts can create friction...
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Fraud AttackDigital Shadows Study Discovers Online Schools For Cybercriminals
Digital Shadows, the industry leader in digital risk management, revealed its findings on the...
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Internet of ThingsKaramba And Securing The Connected Car Future
The connected car future is more or less becoming the connected car present, and...
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Security & FraudThe Part Of Fraud That’s On The Decline
Catching fraudsters isn’t as easy as just checking the IP address of an order...
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Security & FraudRSA: Biometrics Are The Sweet Spot Between Convenience And Security
Teach a man to phish and he’ll launch a phishing attempt every 30 seconds...
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Security & FraudKaspersky Lab Report Shows U.S. Is No. 1 Target For...
Wealthy countries with developed financial and payment infrastructures are most likely to have their...
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Security & FraudHere’s The Most Popular Chat App For Cybercriminals
The most popular communication tool for fraudsters, cybercriminals and other digital crooks probably isn’t...
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Data DiveCostco Dares To Be Different, Google Gets More Global And...
Americans are waking up slightly groggier this morning as we as a nation continue...
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Security & FraudHow Cybercriminals Exploit Human Nature
According to the results of Verizon's 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, released on Wednesday...
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Security & FraudAccused International Cybercriminals Nabbed In Raid
German police have an accused cybercriminal who may be tied to a massive international...
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BoA’s Data Mapping Scheme To Take On Cybercriminals
How can big banks be prepared to take on the rapidly changing cybercriminal landscape?...
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Security & FraudBlack Market Demand Fuels Mobile ID Fraud
The demand for U.S. smartphones on the black market overseas is at an all-time...
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Security & FraudFraudsters: They’re Just Like Us!
Chances are that the things on consumers’ holiday wish lists this year are exactly...
