VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

From customer information and financial records to trade secrets and proprietary research, these digital assets are invaluable. Don’t overlook data at rest—files sitting idle on servers or databases. From customer information and financial records to proprietary research, your digital assets are invaluable.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Microsoft has reportedly removed from the internet a database of 10 million faces which it had been using to train facial recognition systems. According to the Financial Times , the database dubbed MS Celeb was used by military researchers and by Chinese firms Sensetime and Megvii, among other companies.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 10, 2021

Messari, a crypto analytics and research firm, has raised $21M in a Series A funding round. New York-based Messari’s crypto analytics tools and research database enables investors to explore opportunities in the emerging asset class. How’s the company performing? Become a CB Insights customer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In a reported leak of billions of user records in a smart home data breach, researchers have found that a database that belongs to Chinese firm Orvibo has been left open without a password for protection. Changing both a password and an email address could make the action irreversible.”. billion.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

A database of nearly a quarter-million YouTube, Instagram and TikTok public profiles that was held by a now-shuttered company called Deep Social has made its way onto the Dark Web, The Next Web reported on Thursday (Aug. The news site attributed information about the data exposure to researcher Bob Diachenko of security firm Comparitech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Paay, a startup credit card database storing millions of transactions, has been unsecured for weeks and only now closed again, according to a TechCrunch report. The database works with other payment processors, verifying payments to make sure there is no fraud going on for outside vendors.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

While many of these are valid, 65 per cent of insurance claims handlers have noticed an increase in fraudulent cases according to research from claims automation company, Sprout.ai. Roi Amir is the CEO of insurtech Sprout.ai, Commenting on the research and its findings, Roi Amir , CEO of Sprout.ai

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Jeremiah Fowler, a senior security researcher at Security Discovery , discovered the breach after coming across the same 413GB dataset multiple times. “It 19, the database was still online the next day. A massive data breach has compromised the records of 198 million car buyers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

An exposed database run by TrueDialog revealed millions of SMS text messages, according to published reports on Sunday (Dec. The exposed database, which contained years of sent and received text messages, wasn’t password protected or encrypted. TrueDialog pulled the database offline shortly after being contacted by TechCrunch.

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Fintech News

JULY 16, 2024

Global analytics software leader FICO unveiled its latest global consumer fraud research , highlighting that complex identity checks are stalling Singapore’s digital banking progress. Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Thailand, the U.K., They are looking for smarter, not riskier processes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

And perhaps, most critically, matching patients with the right doctors, and various healthcare professionals with the right pharmaceutical companies during research and trials can speed treatments and new drugs as they move from concept to real-life therapies. The company’s databases contain more than one billion data points.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Database giant Oracle Inc. Researchers found that 40 percent of tech-sector employees between ages 18 and 34 expected to leave the region within 12 months. 13), noting that iconic Bay Area companies are moving to, and growing in, locales with lower costs and less congestion. announced Friday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

30), citing a security researcher. The cyberattack exposed records that included passengers’ names, contact information and birthdates, the researcher told the news outlet. The breach was supposedly discovered via white-hat or ethical hacking , the security researcher said. The airline then took steps to secure the database. “At

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The Paypers

MAY 27, 2025

A cybersecurity researcher has discovered an online database containing over 184 million account credentials from Google , Microsoft , Facebook, Instagram, and other major platforms.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

A security researcher has discovered that hundreds of millions of private chat logs from Chinese users were exposed on the internet. The database could be accessed online by anyone who searched for its IP address, and exposed photographs, addresses and locations. The databases were secured after Gevers reported the issue.

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Fintech News

MARCH 20, 2024

Research by Sumsub shows that one in every 100 users of digital platforms globally became a victim of fraud ring activities in 2023. The solution leverages a unique database for identifying and tracking fraudsters, offering a multi-layered approach to simplify decision-making and minimise false positives.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Bob Diachenko, Hacken ’s director of cyber risk research, revealed the breach was caused by several servers that were left without a password. Diachenko added that one of the databases even contained a ransom demand note. Diachenko added that one of the databases even contained a ransom demand note.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Lastly, while cryptocurrencies might never replace fiat currencies as a medium of exchange, they could replace gold as a store of value, according to research from the Bank of Singapore , The National reported. The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

For those retailers that remained open, owners told researchers their store’s financial health was poor. While that demographic would appear to make conditions ripe for pharmacy growth, DIR fees, low prescription reimbursement and competition are resulting in fewer pharmacy choices for consumers not more, researchers found.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

29) after being alerted to the leak , which was discovered by security researcher Oliver Hough. The database, running on a hosted Amazon Elasticsearch server, held tens of gigabytes of data, including customer names, contact information and case work for each corporate client. The company pulled the server offline on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Bob Diachenko, Hacken.io ’s director of cyber risk research, revealed in a blog post that the company’s MongoDB database wasn’t secured with password protection, which meant anyone could access and download its data. The 19 gigabyte database contained more than 260,000 records, including customer names and email addresses.

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Nanonets

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

Consider the fact that, as estimated by Javelin Strategy and Research, the combined estimated losses of new account fraud and account takeover in the U.S. database that includes virtually all new (and past) card applications from Visa issuers. alone topped $10.2 billion last year. If not, are they a victim of identity theft?”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2019

A research group revealed that it has discovered “serious shortcomings” in the predictive tools used by law enforcement agencies. Yet Peter Eckersley, the partnership’s director of research, noted that the tools currently available were “not suitable for deciding to detain or continue to detain individuals.”.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 12, 2021

Its database has more than 400M private companies, $71T in rated debt and over 35,000 rated transactions and entities. The post Moody’s Acquired This Climate Data And Analytics Firm To Expand Its Climate Risk Assessment Portfolio appeared first on CB Insights Research. The company has more than 11,500 employees in over 40 countries.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 31, 2018

Citi only added two fintech companies to its portfolio in 2017, focusing instead on investments in databases and security: last year the bank backed Kinetica , which is working on high-performance databases using GPU hardware, and co-invested with Goldman in Unbound , which helps enterprises with private key security management.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The company did not reveal details about the database, length of exposure time or how it was fixed, reporters said. According to recent research from Kaspersky Lab, the average cost of a data breach is on the rise worldwide. A T-Mobile representative told reporters that the incident affected “less than 1.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

In addition, as more ID and authentication tasks become digital, there is increased concern about the security of the relevant databases — a concern that is part of the emerging Real ID ecosystem. For instance, in a state such as California (home of Silicon Valley), its database will probably be among the most secure in the United States.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 17, 2024

As technology continues to advance, these platforms are becoming indispensable for investors seeking to streamline their research, make informed decisions, and execute purchases with greater efficiency. Digital platforms allow investors to complete the entire buying process online, from initial research to closing the deal.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 23, 2024

From the research we did, it was the most technologically advanced solution in the market, said Co-Founder and CEO Stuart Green. A key USP for SetldPay is their automated funds flow that allows just-in-time funding to minimise pre-funding requirements and massively simplify reconciliation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In fact, it didn’t admit to the incident until a security researcher alerted TechCrunch of it. Because customers are the owners of this data, they are solely responsible for notifications to affected parties in the event of a breach of a customer’s database.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Researcher Jeremiah Fowler first discovered an accessible database that was eventually revealed to be owned by Jana Bank and included sensitive customer data including Voter ID, driver’s license, passport, PAN Card, transaction, email, username and other information, part of the bank’s Know Your Customer verification database.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 18, 2024

For instance, web servers, database servers, and DNS should each be implemented on their own separate servers. At VISTA InfoSec, our aim is to add value by undertaking meticulous research and smoothly integrating these alterations. Requirement and Testing Procedures 2.2.1 a Choose a sample of system components. in PCI DSS.

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The Paypers

JUNE 6, 2025

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JUNE 6, 2025

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. The database, which is believed to have been exposed for two weeks, was discovered by independent security researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Fintech News

APRIL 3, 2024

Data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database reveal that, in 2021, men were 6% points more likely than women to use digital payments, a gender gap that had remained consistent across developing economies since 2014 in part because of the broader gender gap in access to digital services.

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