Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

How Fraudsters Create New Schemes With Social Engineering
How Fraudsters Create New Schemes With Social Engineering
March 18, 2020  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Fraud is a perennial concern for quick-service restaurants (QSRs), and digital channels open ample new avenues for cybercrime, with hackers targeting restaurants for their cash,...

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Princess Cruises Discloses Possible Data Breach
Princess Cruises Discloses Possible Data Breach
March 13, 2020  |  Safety and Security

Princess Cruises disclosed a potential data breach in a notice posted on its website. The travel company said that from April 11 to July 23...

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Payment Data From 2019 Volusion Hack Appears On Dark Web
Payment Data From 2019 Volusion Hack Appears On Dark Web
March 12, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Last year, credit card data was stolen from online stores hosted by eCommerce software, hosting and support company Volusion. Now, that data has appeared for...

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Data Leak Pushes Samsung Toward Two-Factor Authentication
Data Leak Pushes Samsung Toward Two-Factor Authentication
March 06, 2020  |  Authentication

Samsung has activated two-factor authentication after a data leak showed strangers’ private information, according to reports. The initiative starts this week, after a glitch caused...

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UK’s Virgin Media Exposed 900,000 Customers’ Data
UK’s Virgin Media Exposed 900,000 Customers’ Data
March 05, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Virgin Media announced Thursday (March 5) that the personal details of 900,000 customers had been accessed by a third party as the company left a...

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Bitcoin Daily: S Korea OKs Crypto, Exchange Regulation; Malta’s Trident Crypto Database Stolen
Bitcoin Daily: S Korea OKs Crypto, Exchange Regulation; Malta’s Trident Crypto Database Stolen
March 05, 2020  |  Bitcoin

In a new digital real estate game called Upland, players can buy virtual versions of properties in San Francisco, Cointelegraph reported. Players can then earn...

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T-Mobile Hacked, User Data Stolen
T-Mobile Hacked, User Data Stolen
March 05, 2020  |  Fraud Attack

Telecom giant T-Mobile suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of employees and customers to unknown hackers, according to reports. “We want to...

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Deep Dive: Digital-First Banking’s Challenges And Benefits
Deep Dive: Digital-First Banking’s Challenges And Benefits
March 03, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Mobile and online banking’s prevalence has reduced physical branches’ importance, but these brick-and-mortar establishments are still vital to customers’ financial lives. Even millennials, who heavily...

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Deep Dive: How Unsupervised Machine Learning Could Close The Cloud Services Security Gap
Deep Dive: How Unsupervised Machine Learning Could Close The Cloud Services Security Gap
March 02, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

  Cloud services like AWS, Dropbox and Google Cloud store terabytes of users’ personal information and payment data, making them prime targets for fraudsters looking...

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