Security & Fraud

iWallet Picks Biometrics Partner To Ditch Passwords
August 20, 2015

IWallet, the biometrics and “luxury techcessories” company, said Wednesday (Aug. 19) that it is partnering with NEXT Biometrics Group ASA to introduce a new identification solution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

How To Master The Expanding Credit Universe
August 20, 2015

As a universe is wont to do, the credit eligible universe is expanding, with new models and information sources — and more of them than ever before. Sarah Davies, SVP of Analytics, Product Management & Research for VantageScore Solutions, shares advice on how lenders can...

Ashley Madison Hack Info Now Available On The Web
August 19, 2015

Well, in some sense, you have to hand it to the hackers that breached online cheating website Ashley Madison last month for being good to their word. They warned the site’s parent company, Avid Life Media, that if they didn’t shut down the Web’s answer...

Web.com Reporting A Potential Breach
August 19, 2015

The Florida-based Web.com Group is reporting a breach in a computer system that may have set free about 93,000 customers’ credit card data. The firm currently has a customer list of about 3.3 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Target Reaches $67M Breach Settlement With Visa
August 18, 2015

The terms of the Target breach settlement with Visa have reportedly been settled upon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

International
FireEye Partners Up To Fight Cybercrime
August 18, 2015

Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has inked a deal with cybersecurity company FireEye in an ongoing effort to combat cybercriminals in Europe.

News
IRS Says Data Breach Hit Worse Than Thought
August 18, 2015

The damages of the cyberattack that hit the one of the Internal Revenue Service’s computer databases earlier this year was actually more extensive than the agency originally thought.

Controversial
Experts Point To Fingerprint Security Vulnerabilities
August 17, 2015

From unlocking a phone to paying for a purchase, our fingerprints have now evolved into more than just a way to identify ourselves. But at this year’s Black Hat USA conference, an annual global information security event series, FireEye researcher Yulong Zhang expressed some concerns...

International
Russian Antivirus Firm Duped Rivals With Fake Malware
August 17, 2015

Former employees of one of the world’s largest security companies are claiming the firm purposely triggered its antivirus software to misidentify malicious files as a way to damage its competitors in the marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...