Data Breach

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

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Deep Dive: Clean And Friendly Fraud Play Dirty
Deep Dive: Clean And Friendly Fraud Play Dirty
December 20, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud comes in many forms, and the fight against it never ends. Fraudsters pretending to be someone else generally take one of two approaches: They...

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Child Tracking Smartwatch Vulnerability Could Leak Location Data, Voice Recordings
Child Tracking Smartwatch Vulnerability Could Leak Location Data, Voice Recordings
December 19, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The peace of mind parents get with child-tracking smartwatches has been turned upside-down. A cloud-based security flaw has been allowing unauthorized people to monitor children’s...

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Caribou Coffee Doubles Down On Customer-Driven Mobile Innovations
Caribou Coffee Doubles Down On Customer-Driven Mobile Innovations
December 18, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Coffee chains have been on the cutting edge of mobile order-ahead, offering generous loyalty incentives and lightning-fast pickup. But staying competitive means constant adjustment to...

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The Fraud That 85 Percent Of Fraud Detection Systems Miss
The Fraud That 85 Percent Of Fraud Detection Systems Miss
December 10, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The battle against fraudsters in the digital era has evolved into a never-ending arms race. The tools we use to detect, score and prevent fraud...

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FTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
FTC Issues Opinion On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
December 06, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found on Friday (Dec. 6) that British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica lied to people about the data it was...

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Synchrony Said Email About Amazon Card Was Mistake, Not Breach
Synchrony Said Email About Amazon Card Was Mistake, Not Breach
November 26, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a...

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FBI Probing Hack Of US Electricity Providers
FBI Probing Hack Of US Electricity Providers
November 26, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The FBI is investigating a hacking campaign that targeted more than a dozen U.S. utilities, some of which are located near critical infrastructure. According to...

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Unencrypted Vistaprint Database Exposed Personal Customer Data
Unencrypted Vistaprint Database Exposed Personal Customer Data
November 25, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Printing company Vistaprint left an online database containing customer interactions unencrypted, according to a report. A security researcher named Oliver Hough discovered the unprotected database...

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T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk
T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk
November 24, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A recent data breach exposed the personal data of more than 1 million prepaid T-Mobile customers, reports said on Friday (Nov. 22). The information exposed...

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