security & fraud

ACI Provides Fraud Protection To Kuwait Banks
ACI Provides Fraud Protection To Kuwait Banks
January 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

ACI Worldwide, a provider of real-time electronic payment and banking company, announced Wednesday (Jan. 4) that it expanded its relationship with the Shared Electronic Banking...

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India’s Call Centers Are Becoming Avenues To Scam Americans
India’s Call Centers Are Becoming Avenues To Scam Americans
January 04, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

India’s sprawling customer service industry isn’t only there to help Americans with their legions of questions and complaints. Increasingly, it is designed to scam consumers....

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IT Technicians May Have Helped Bangladesh Bank Hackers
IT Technicians May Have Helped Bangladesh Bank Hackers
December 30, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

A Bangladesh police deputy inspector general investigating the theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank is focusing his investigation on some of the...

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FTC Says Scammers Targeting Attorneys, Doctors, Other License Holders
FTC Says Scammers Targeting Attorneys, Doctors, Other License Holders
December 29, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission is warning that scammers have been setting their sights on attorneys, accountants, doctors and other holders of state licenses or certifications....

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Three Chinese Men Accused Of Hacking Law Firms, Trading On The 411
Three Chinese Men Accused Of Hacking Law Firms, Trading On The 411
December 28, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Prosecutors in the U.S. have charged three citizens of China with trading on corporate secrets they got their hands on by hacking the networks and...

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Verizon Expected To Move Ahead With Yahoo Deal
Verizon Expected To Move Ahead With Yahoo Deal
December 28, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Verizon is expected to move ahead with its acquisition of Yahoo’s core assets even after Yahoo disclosed another massive data breach potentially impacting millions of consumers....

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Security Keys: The Answer For Account Takeovers?
Security Keys: The Answer For Account Takeovers?
December 27, 2016  |  News

Account takeovers, even of high-profile people, has become a common occurrence in this era of sophisticated cyberattacks and hacks, but researchers think they’ve found a...

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FBI Probes FDIC Hack That Lasted Several Years
FBI Probes FDIC Hack That Lasted Several Years
December 27, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The FBI is looking into a hack of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) that went on for multiple years, starting back in 2010. Get...

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Lucrative Ad Fraud Brings In Millions Daily For Hackers
Lucrative Ad Fraud Brings In Millions Daily For Hackers
December 23, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Methbot, an ad fraud infrastructure that can host legitimate videos and serve them to 300 million fake viewers per day, has raked in around $180...

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