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3.2KB2B PaymentsThanks To Ransomware, Bitcoin Leaves A Bad Taste In Corporates’ Mouths
The last several years have seen a surge in efforts among the cryptocurrency community to legitimize the technology. Once seen as a...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsMYOB Calls For Two-Factor Authentication Mandate
Australian small business cloud accounting company MYOB is calling for legal action to address the security risks facing small businesses, reports in...
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7.4KB2B PaymentsThe Cybersecurity Threat Of GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represented a new phase in data security and EU regulators’ approach to it. Designed to safeguard...
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3.9KSecurity & FraudStudy: Hotels Often Leak Guest PII
A study by Symantec, a cybersecurity company, showed that two out of every three hotel sites have leaked personal data, which could...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsCorporate Payments Fraud Jumps Despite Stronger Internal Controls
While corporates are adopting stronger internal controls to combat the threat of payments fraud, new data from the Association for Financial Professionals...
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5.1KMastercardWanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudGlobal IT Spending To Hit $4T In 2019
Worldwide spending on information technology is expected to reach about $4 trillion in 2019, according to a report by CNBC. Those numbers...
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2.8KInvestmentsSoftware Co RiskLens Raises $20M To Mitigate Cyber Risk For Businesses
RiskLens, a cyber risk management software company, has raised $20.55 million in a series B funding round, according to reports. The...
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5.1KSecurity & FraudDozens Of Cybercrime Groups Found On Facebook
Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook, using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen...
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2.5KSecurity & FraudEx-FBI On The Onion Approach To Battling Cyber Criminals
When it comes to combating payments fraud, it helps to have insight from one who’s been in the trenches. Stacy Arruda, a...
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2.9KToday In DataThe Push For Cybersecurity Technology At Credit Unions
Credit union (CU) associations and service providers are pushing for the adoption of technology to help with security and compliance. In retail,...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsNew Cyberattacks Surface To Steal Corporate Funds
The threat of cyberattacks continues to grow, and small businesses (SMBs) are caught in the crosshairs. The latest research in small business...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsInsurers Take The Guesswork Out Of Small Business Cyber Insurance
The threat of a small business cyberattack has introduced a conundrum for the rising InsurTech market. The demand for cyber insurance is...
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6.1KSecurity & FraudFBI Gears Up To Fight Cybercriminals
The FBI has announced a directive shift away from counterterrorism and toward fighting the increasing threats from cyber attacks, according to a...
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7.2KSecurity & Fraud982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsLogistics Scores Another Unicorn For B2B Startups
Equity investments reigned this week, thanks to backing for accounts payable (AP) automation firm MineralTree and treasury management company Kyriba, but it...
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4.5KSecurity & FraudInsurance Brokerage Launches Cybersecurity Assessment Service
An insurance brokerage has launched an initiative to bring together some of the world’s biggest insurers for a collaboration on a cybersecurity...
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8.7KIntelligence of ThingsThe Move To Regulate IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) has firmly taken hold, with new applications — focusing on the support of consumer, business and industrial...
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2.8KSecurity & FraudFinancial Scams Against UK Consumers, Biz Up 16 Pct
Financial scams perpetrated against U.K. households and companies increased 16 percent in 2018, according to new data. The Financial Times, citing the...
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3.3KSecurity & FraudReport: BEC Fraud Increasingly Goes Mobile
The wiles and ways of scammers to part businesses from their money continue to proliferate, and continue to use technology as a...
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6.0KB2B PaymentsCiti: Global Payments In Crosshairs Of Treasurers’ Biggest Challenges
Volatile times make for sleepless nights for corporate executives, particularly those whose job it is to manage the cash positions of their...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudCitrix Says Internal Network Hacked
Citrix, the networking software company, disclosed late last week that its network was infiltrated. According to Citrix, the company was contacted by...
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3.5KFacebookFacebook Messenger Bug Exposes User Chat History
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said he wanted his company to focus on “privacy-focused” communications, but a cybersecurity company revealed on Thursday...
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4.0KSecurity & FraudMarriott International CEO Says It’s Not Clear If China Is Behind Hack
Marriott International Chief Executive Arne Sorenson appeared before a Senate subcommittee Thursday (March 7) to discuss the data breach of the Starwood...
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3.9KSecurity & FraudEquifax, Marriott To Get Grilled By Senate On Cybersecurity
Equifax and Marriott executives are slated to appear before the Senate on Thursday (March 7) to discuss what lessons the two companies...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsPulling Back The Curtain On Corporate Finance Reports
Corporate accounting standards are changing, with the Financial Accounting Standards Board adopting new standards in ways companies report on leases, hedging and...
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4.5KSecurity & FraudMozilla Mulls Blocking DarkMatter For Browser ‘Misuse’
Firefox maker Mozilla might cut ties with cybersecurity company DarkMatter after a recent report linked the firm to a cyber espionage program. In...
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5.0KSecurity & FraudKaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
A new report by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has revealed that attacks on mobile devices with malware doubled...
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5.7KSecurity & FraudMarriott Exec To Testify About Hack Attack
Marriott International Chief Executive Arne Sorenson is set to testify before a U.S. Senate panel about a hacking incident that exposed the records...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudBreach Exposes Millions Of Chinese Chat Logs
A security researcher has discovered that hundreds of millions of private chat logs from Chinese users were exposed on the internet. Victor...
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5.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsComcast Buys AI Cybersecurity Firm BluVector
Comcast announced Monday (March 4) that it has acquired BluVector, a company that uses advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide...
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3.2KData DiveStops, Starts And Never Was Edition: Intuit, Zillow And Amazon
Followers of the regular news cycle will note that between the action on Capitol Hill and in North Korea, the flow of...
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2.9KToday In DataConsumers Crave Convenience, But Focus On Safety
There is no shortage of things to worry about in the world of cybersecurity. From data breaches to fraudsters creating synthetic IDs using children’s...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsEnterprise Security Returns To Top Of B2B Investment Mountain
Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudMicrosoft: State-Sponsored Hackers Siphoned Money From Several FIs
Microsoft’s lastest cybersecurity report has revealed that state-sponsored hackers have attacked several financial services firms, managing to steal “large sums of cash.”...
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6.1KFraud PreventionWhen Synthetic IDs Are As Good As The Real Thing
It’s no secret that digital criminals are becoming more sophisticated. So are the fraud defenses deployed by merchants, payment service providers and...
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8.8KInternet of ThingsAs The IoT Grows, Can It Overcome Security Problems?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is about much more than the actual things, of course. All those “smart” appliances, speakers, TVs, vehicles,...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsThe Uncharted Territory Of M&A Cyber Risks
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity continues to accelerate as 2019 progresses, both in terms of volume and value of M&A deals. Deloitte...
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8.0KPartnerships / AcquisitionsBlackBerry Acquires AI Cybersecurity Co Cylance
BlackBerry has acquired the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash, in a bid to assist with plans...
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6.1KSecurity & FraudSymantec: Formjacking Is Cybercriminals’ Newest Scam
With cybercriminals not making as much from ransomware and cryptojacking, they have been focusing more on a strategy called “formjacking” to raise...
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7.3KB2B PaymentsMastercard Cybersecurity Toolkit Sheds Light On SMB Education Gap
Cybersecurity experts are urging small business (SMB) owners to not ignore the risks they face from cyberattacks. As SMBs become larger targets...
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5.9KSecurity & FraudChinese Hackers Expand Attacks Amid US Anti-Huawei Push
Attacks by Chinese hackers against telecom companies have risen in the last year, a troubling sign that could mean China is pushing...
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6.9KFraud AttackExperts Say Equifax Data Breach Was A Spy Job
Remember all that stolen Equifax data? Remember how all those names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers and...
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2.9KSecurity & FraudCoffee Meets Bagel Discloses Users’ Information Was Breached
Coffee Meets Bagel, the online dating site, disclosed on Thursday (Feb. 14) that it was hacked. According to a report in The...
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3.7KSecurity & FraudFederal Cybersecurity Professionals Play Catch-Up Weeks After Gov’t Shutdown
Federal cybersecurity workers tasked with protecting the federal government from hackers have been scrambling to catch up two weeks after the longest...
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4.3KSecurity & FraudOkCupid User Accounts Are Hacked
Some of OkCupid’s users have reported that their accounts have been hacked, although the dating site is denying it has experienced a...
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5.6KSecurity & FraudSWIFT To Assist Bangladesh Bank After $81M Hack
SWIFT global payments network has agreed to help Bangladesh Bank rebuild its infrastructure after hackers stole $81 million in 2016. The funds were...
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4.5KLegalBangladesh To Sue Philippine Bank RCBC In Alleged $81M Cyber Robbery
The Bangladesh central bank governor said the country is going to file a lawsuit against Philippine bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC)...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudMost Fortune 100 Companies Use Software That Enabled Equifax Hack
Equifax’s data breach of nearly two years ago hasn’t taught a majority of Fortune 100 companies a lesson, with reports stating that...
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3.9KB2B PaymentsCybersecurity Investments Are Paying Off For GDPR-Ready Firms
Cybersecurity can seem an overwhelming challenge to organizations considering the pace of cyber-attackers’ evolution that seems to force cybersecurity solution providers into...
