PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

California-based Imperva , a principal cybersecurity provider that works to prevent website breaches, has said it was hacked, The Next Web reported on Wednesday (Aug. Imperva said in a blog post on its website that it learned about the exposure via a third party on Aug. 15, 2017. “We

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FICO

JANUARY 25, 2018

In a previous blog , I defined what is meant by a security or cybersecurity posture. Stakeholders in your business will increasingly want to know how at risk you are: Customers will request information about your cybersecurity posture when you tender for work. We’ll discuss this specific aspect more in an upcoming blog post.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Security experts are practically begging corporates to get serious with cybersecurity. Google is a vocal player in the fight for enterprise cybersecurity. Spam, Google wrote in a Security Blog post , is certainly the most common cyberattack to hit an email inbox. But the research and the warnings may be falling on deaf ears.

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FICO

JUNE 14, 2017

A recent survey carried out on our behalf by research company Ovum found that 48% of organizations think that in a year’s time, an assessment of their cybersecurity will show improvement. Only 3% think that their cybersecurity position will have worsened. It seems that many are taking an optimistic view of their cybersecurity.

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Fraud.net

JUNE 19, 2024

Whitney Anderson is a 2024 Cybersecurity pundit, available to media outlets globally for fraud management and prevention expertise.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2017

It’s a job seeker’s market when it comes to cybersecurity expertise, according to a new report from employee-employer matching company Indeed, and Apple tops the list of best U.S. corporations seeking to fill cybersecurity roles. Indeed announced today (Jan. 25) its ranking of the 10 best U.S. hit an all-time high last year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

But the larger, later-stage investment rounds focused on enterprise cybersecurity and talent recruitment — plus, rumors of upcoming funding could propel a commercial card startup to a $2 billion valuation. The company announced in a blog post this week it raised $7.5 SeedLegals. BlueVoyant.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2018

Instead, startups in the payments processing, commercial card and cybersecurity market landed the top rounds of the week — with one company securing a $3 billion valuation with its massive investment. According to the firm, it hopes to address the impending talent shortage in the enterprise cybersecurity market. Drip Capital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Check Point, a cybersecurity company based out of Israel, recently released research highlighting numerous security flaws in the popular smartphone app TikTok , which is incredibly popular with teenagers and one of the most downloaded apps in the world, according to a report by The New York Times on Wednesday (Jan.

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FICO

JULY 11, 2018

In a new survey on cybersecurity conducted by research and consultancy firm Ovum for FICO, three out of four senior IT executives at UK firms said they are better prepared for data breaches than their competitors, and 43 percent said their firm was a top performer. But do those businesses truly understand how good a job they’re doing?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Ripple announced on Tuesday (April 21) that it is filing a lawsuit against YouTube , alleging that the popular video platform isn’t doing its due diligence to identify and remove crypto-related scams, according to a company blog post.

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FICO

JUNE 21, 2019

FICO's Doug Clare, vice president for cybersecurity solutions, offers some advice in this interview with NBC King 5 News in Seattle. He was interviewed in conjunction with his talk at the US Chamber of Commerce Cybersecurity Series , where he spoke about cyber risk and third-party risk management.

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FICO

JUNE 21, 2019

FICO’s Doug Clare, vice president for cybersecurity solutions, offers some advice in this interview with NBC King 5 News in Seattle. He was interviewed in conjunction with his talk at the US Chamber of Commerce Cybersecurity Series , where he spoke about cyber risk and third-party risk management. . by FICO.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Corporate cybersecurity is an ever-increasing focus of government entities, with the U.S. Late last week, the FTC rolled out a series of informational resources for nonprofits and small businesses (SMBs) to heighten awareness and understanding of cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate them.

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FICO

AUGUST 27, 2019

A growing percentage of cybersecurity incidents against businesses are the result of initial compromises against third parties, allowing malicious actors to gain access through a trusted relationship, move laterally and escalate privileges, and ultimately attain their target. This risk is highlighted in a new report by the U.S.

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VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In todays blog we will explore the skills and Data Protection Officer qualifications required for selecting a qualified DPO, but before that lets get started by understanding the responsibilities of a Data Protection Officer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

An IBM cybersecurity team blew the whistle on Thursday (Dec. 3) on what it called in a blog post a sophisticated “global phishing campaign” that targeted organizations involved in a key part of the supply chain for the various COVID-19 vaccines under development. Apparently, there is no limit to how low some cyberspies will go.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Conti is one of numerous cybercriminal gangs maintaining a blog in which data stolen from victims is published. Krebs said the attack came on Dec. Conti reportedly said the legacy system hit this time was Cayan, which was acquired by TSYS in 2018 and helps to enable payments in stores, on mobile and through eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

Microsoft executive Rob Lefferts said in a blog post that hackers had been having a good time of it, too, with more successful attempts at doing their illicit deeds since the virus fundamentally changed western life. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the U.S. and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Facebook is filing a lawsuit against NSO Group , an Israeli cybersecurity company, alleging that it hacked WhatsApp users, according to CNBC. Facebook filed the complaint on Tuesday (Oct. The nature of the attack did not require targeted users to answer the calls they received.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2020

Corporate ransomware payment amounts rose sharply in the first quarter of this year, with a wave of coronavirus -related attacks and other peripherally-related cases because of complexities with shifting to remote work for many people, according to a Coveware blog post.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Google issued a stark warning last week about the state of cybersecurity: Phishing attacks are on the rise and continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities resulting from the global pandemic. The warning coincided with separate reports related to Google and cybersecurity.

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Cardfellow

APRIL 27, 2025

Many businesses find PCI compliance confusing and frustrating, and there are times when it feels like you need a degree in cybersecurity just to understand what the standard wants you to do. The change is the addition of the Customized Approach, targeted toward larger businesses that have in-house cybersecurity teams.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Our cybersecurity team discovered and shut down malicious, unauthorized access to some information related to your T-Mobile prepaid wireless account. In August 2018, T-Mobile told customers in a blog post that a cyber-attack exposed the personal information of about 3 percent of its users. We promptly reported this to authorities.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As an adult with a serious professional interest in security, I am surprised as to why bright, well-informed data and cybersecurity professionals don’t feel more insecure about the efficacy of biometric information as a security device. Since I posted that blog a year ago, Apple released Face ID as the mechanism to unlock its new iPhone X.

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FICO

JANUARY 8, 2018

One of the newer applications of artificial intelligence rose to the top of the Fraud & Security blog last year: anti-money laundering. Readers were also keenly interested in learning more about cybersecurity and ATM compromise trends. What Is a Cybersecurity Posture? AI Meets AML: How Smart Analytics Fight Money Laundering.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

In August , information security firm Kaspersky Lab revealed the latest cybersecurity issue on its Securelist blog : The company said that Lazarus is tricking unsuspecting users into downloading cryptocurrency-related software laced with malware. Lazarus has been a major threat actor in the APT arena for several years.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Krebs said in a blog post that it wasn’t clear whether hackers and criminals had accessed the data, but that if they got their hands on it, it would be a “virtual gold mine,” reported The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit contends that First American Financial Corp.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The technology is considered a potential game-changer during a time of increasing cybersecurity breaches. Samsung published a blog post last year stating smartphones had the best security for blockchain and cryptocurrency. The South Korean company’s blockchain task force was working on an ethereum-based blockchain network.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2016

14) that a new cybersecurity breach incident has affected over a billion of its users and their private data. We have invalidated unencrypted security questions and answers so that they cannot be used to access an account,” wrote Bob Lord, chief information security officer at Yahoo, in a blog post announcement.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll delve into the significance of PCI DSS compliance in healthcare and explore how it helps protect patient data and privacy. However, we will also share our knowledge about it in this blog post. From March 2021 to March 2022, the average cost of a data breach in healthcare was over $10 million, up from $9.23

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Crypto trading platform INX is moving ahead with its acquisition of digital securities trading firm Openfinance , a company blog post states. In addition, INX's tokens will be added to the mix, adding a security token that can be traded both by accredited investors as well as the general public from the outset, the blog says.

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FICO

APRIL 16, 2020

While all will help you and your team build resiliency at your company, check out my recommended sessions on fraud protection, AML and cybersecurity in my recent blog post. Catch it on replay at your convenience. Register here to get access to the full schedule as well as the event app. What is currently on your watch list?

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Organizations are ramping up cybersecurity investments in response to the ever-climbing threat of data breaches and cyberattacks. The company commissioned Spiceworks to survey 600 security and IT leaders about their biggest concerns and areas of focus in supply chain cybersecurity. million business email compromise scam.

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Finovate

JULY 18, 2024

For more from Streamly and FinovateSpring, check out our blog post from last week, AI in Financial Services: Automation, Profitability, and Fraud Prevention. Managing Director at TruStage Ventures Sam Das discussed the unique challenges that confront credit unions today – from membership retention to cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

based cybersecurity firm called Pen Test Partners, according to a report by TechCrunch. The eyeDisk, a USB flash drive that claims to be unhackable, has been hacked by a U.K.-based The device raised upwards of $21,000 in a Kickstarter campaign, and the company behind it began sending out the devices in March.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This blog is designed to equip you with effective strategies for a successful risk assessment, incorporating the principles of ISO 31000 risk management. Risk Transfer: Share the risk with a third party through methods like outsourcing or cybersecurity insurance. Let’s enhance your risk assessment!

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