PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

“In one of the most damaging Media File Jacking attacks, a malicious actor can manipulate an invoice sent by a vendor to a customer, to trick the customer into making a payment to an illegitimate account,” Symantec said in its blog post at the time. Small government entities, too, are facing these risks.

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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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FICO

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In my recent blog, “Real talk: The imminent and very real danger of IoT,” I wrote: Due to lack of security features, creating an IoT botnet is a great deal easier than phishing users to compromise PCs. In light of the recent Dyn attack , will 2017 be the year that your IoT device will turn on you? Think Westworld , Humans , Terminator.)

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

New data was released this week with an urgent, albeit not necessarily unexpected, message: ransomware and other phishing attacks continue to dramatically spike, with more frequent and more expensive attacks hitting businesses and government entities of all sizes. The New York Times reported Sunday (Feb. A Proliferating Threat.

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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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M2P Fintech

MARCH 24, 2025

by 2033 and in this blog, we are detailing what is setting the stage for it. Emphasis on Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Digital lending faces rising threats: data breaches from hacking, fraud via synthetic identities, account takeovers exploiting weak security , ransomware disrupting operations, and insider threats.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Reuters and others reported that the ransomware infections that hit computers worldwide likely trace their genesis to the U.S. fell victim Friday (May 12) of a cyberattack , while several companies in Spain were hit with a ransomware attack. National Security Agency, and Friday’s tally comes to more than 126,000 cases of infection.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 29, 2024

This includes viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, ransomware, keyloggers, rootkits, and malicious code, scripts, and links. Also Read : PCI DSS Requirement 4 Conclusion: This blog post details the changes to Requirement 5 from PCI DSS v3.2.1 VISTA InfoSec has over 30 years of cybersecurity and data privacy expertise.

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Segpay

JUNE 13, 2024

This underscores why businesses must implement robust cybersecurity measures to guarantee secured transactions in this digital landscape. The Travelex ransomware attack. Awareness Training for Employees Cybersecurity threats change constantly, and so should your employees’ awareness. Target’s 2017 multistate settlement of $18.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

The massive wave of crypto-ransomware cyberattacks now reported to have hit more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries shouldn’t be just another “look at how smart and cunning and horrible those cybercriminals are” headline. That was also about the same time that we began to see the spike in cyberattacks linked to ransomware.

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