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3.1KSecurity & 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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3.2KB2B 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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3.8KSecurity & 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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4.2KFraud 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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1.7KSecurity & 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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2.4KSecurity & 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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2.8KSecurity & 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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4.4KSecurity & 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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4.0KLegalBangladesh 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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4.1KSecurity & 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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3.2KB2B 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...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsBusinesses Fail To Manage Risk Despite Preparing For ‘Major Crisis’
Corporates aren’t prepared to tackle the headwinds of market risks, according to two separate reports released last week. FTI Consulting released its...
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2.3KSizzle/FizzleFizzle Of The Week: Munchery And The Suppliers Left Behind
Despite raising over $125 million in venture funding from the likes of Greycroft, ACME Ventures (formerly known as Sherpa Capital), Menlo Ventures,...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsHow Government Procurement Can Foster Private Sector Cybersecurity
Government procurement can bolster the strength of local small businesses (SMBs), and provide an example for technology adoption in areas such as...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudAscension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details
Data and analytics company Ascension has suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of...
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4.5KSecurity & FraudHackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
Pinduoduo, the Chinese Nasdaq-listed Internet marketplace that lets consumers get discounts from merchants, announced Sunday (January 20) that an online collective stole...
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5.3KSecurity & FraudU.S. CEOs Rank Cybersecurity As Biggest External Threat
Chief executives across the globe are bracing for a recession on the horizon, but when it comes to CEOs in the U.S.,...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudFederal Websites’ Certificates Expire During Govt. Shutdown
Add federal websites to the fallout from the government shutdown. According to a new report in The Washington Post, with the shutdown...
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4.8KSecurity & FraudSymantec Spots Attacks On West African Financial Institutions
Hackers are targeting financial firms in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, using commodity malware and living off the...
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4.3KSafety and SecurityCheck Point Finds Flaws In Fortnite’s Single Sign-On System
Through a series of vulnerabilities in the technology of the Fortnite game, an attacker could have been able to gain control of...
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3.7KStartup Check-InHow Biometrics Could Help Provision Identity
Identity presents a challenge for consumers around the globe, according to FinTech experts at artificial intelligence (AI) biometric software companies. “There are...
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3.5KSecurity & FraudHackers Make $3.7M In Ryuk Ransomware Attack
Ryuk, a ransomware threat that has been spreading online, has earned the hackers more than 705 bitcoin in five months, which has...
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3.6KInvestmentsImmersive Labs Lands $8M In Funding Led By Goldman Sachs
Immersive Labs, the cybersecurity skills platform company, announced Monday (January 14) that Goldman Sachs led an $8 million investment round in the...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsKaspersky Doubles Down On Enterprise Cybersecurity In Asia
Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab announced plans to grow its enterprise cybersecurity position in Asia through a partnership with MSI-ECS Philippines, according...
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2.3KAuthenticationWhatsApp To Include Fingerprint Scanning For Android Devices
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is gearing up to add fingerprint scanning for Android devices. According to a report in Money...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudVietnam Goes After Facebook Over ‘Slanderous’ Content
Facebook is facing accusations from Vietnam that the social media giant did not remove content that it said was “slanderous,” reported Financial...
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4.3KSecurity & FraudComcast Launches AI-Powered Cybersecurity Service
Comcast is releasing an artificial intelligence-powered service that will monitor, block and tell customers about online threats to devices connected to home...
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4.0KSecurity & FraudMarriott Breach Exposes 5.25M Passport Numbers
Following reports of its data breach last year, Marriott said on Friday (Jan. 4) that the total number of guest records involved...
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1.9KToday In DataToday In Data: The Era Of Evolving Expectations
A new year is as good a time as any to think about change – which is probably why resolutions are popular...
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2.9KRetailRetail Pulse: Zola Opens NYC Store; Kleinfeld Shop ‘Pops Up’ In NJ
Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudPartial Fix For Vulnerability In Chrome Web Browser For Android
Google has reportedly patched a security weakness in its Chrome web browser for Android that could impact users’ privacy. According to a...
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4.1KFraud PreventionWhat Lies Beneath: FIs’ Biggest Cyberthreat
Well, let’s start with the bad news first, even at the risk of robbing some of the joy and optimism that comes...
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4.3KSecurity & FraudHackers Exploit Google Chromecast Bug
Despite being warned years ago about a bug in its Chromecast media streaming stick, Google has yet to fix it and hackers...
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3.8KSecurity & FraudEuropean Union Wary Of Chinese Tech
The European Union wants tougher examination of potential risks associated with Chinese tech companies, amid growing fears of cybercrimes linked to Beijing...
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9.0KSecurity & FraudWarby Parker Cyberattack Affects 198K Accounts
Online glasses retailer Warby Parker was hit by a cybersecurity attack that affected about 198,000 of its customers from late September to...
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5.5KInnovationHow Will CES Set The 2019 Payments And Commerce Agenda?
Let’s move past the metaphors and low-level poetic imagery when it comes to the International Consumer Electronics Show, that annual conference and...
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4.3KInternationalNorth Korea Suspected In Hacking Of South Koreans
Hackers stole the information of close to 1,000 North Korean settlers who fled to South Korea, according to a report by The...
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9.0KSecurity & Fraud2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware
Will the New Year bring an increase in cyberattacks? According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. According to Robert Ackerman,...
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3.5KInternationalBanks Break Ties With Huawei
Chinese telecommunications and technology company Huawei has another obstacle in its continuing troubles lately as two huge banks cut ties with it,...
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4.2KSecurity & FraudChinese Hackers Charged By DOJ In Extensive Campaign That Affected 45 U.S. Companies
The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday (Dec. 20) that it’s bringing charges against two Chinese nationals for an alleged...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudIBM, HPE Hack Intended To Gain Access To Clients
Chinese hackers gained access to clients of huge American corporations, according to a report from Reuters. The hackers, working for China’s Ministry...
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4.4KSecurity & FraudNASA Gets Hacked
NASA has suffered a data breach that exposed its employees’ Social Security numbers and other personal information. According to a memo sent...
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3.3KSecurity & FraudUp Next For Huawei: A Cybersecurity Push
In a rare press conference inside its Dongguan facilities, Huawei Technologies said it would spend $2 billion over the next five years...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsAustralia Budgets For SMB Cybersecurity, Five-Day Supplier Payments
The Australian government has announced plans to set aside millions of dollars to support small business (SMB) cybersecurity, digitization efforts and accelerated...
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5.4KSecurity & FraudEquifax Settles With NY AG Over App Security
The Office of the New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced late last week it reached settlements with five companies whose...
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8.5KFacebookFacebook Data Breach Fines Could Top $1B
Facebook, the beleaguered social media giant that is facing intense scrutiny into its business practices, could be on the hook for a...
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4.9KSecurity & FraudChinese Hackers Target Navy Contractors To Steal Military Secrets
Chinese hackers have targeted U.S. Navy contractors and subcontractors to steal classified military information, according to a report by The Wall Street...
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5.0KSecurity & FraudFacebook: API Bug May Have Exposed 6.8 Million Users’ Photos
A photo API bug may have affected 6.8 million Facebook users who gave permission for third-party apps to access their photos, according...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsNewly Funded B2B Startups Get Creative With Enterprise Data
B2B startups are increasingly building themselves on top of troves of enterprise data, uncovering new ways to unlock and aggregate information across...
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3.3KSecurity & FraudGovt. Cyberattacks May Be Linked To Lazarus Group
Dozens of companies around the world were infiltrated by hackers using malicious software programmed to steal information, according to a report by...
