Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Justice Department, SEC Investigating Under Armour
November 04, 2019

Baltimore-based Under Armour is being probed over its accounting practices by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday (Nov. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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GIACT On Payments’ $29M Wire Fraud Wake-Up Call
November 04, 2019

Last week, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s largest financial media organization, Nikkei, made headlines for the reason that no firm ever wants: The company was the victim of financial fraud to the tune of $29 million via a wire transfer gone bad. Get the Full...

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CapOne Back Online After Major Outage
November 03, 2019

Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. 1) that kept some of its customers from accessing their accounts and direct deposits, a technical issue that the company has resolved, CNET reported.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Deutsche Blew The Whistle On Its Own Russian Deal
October 31, 2019

Deutsche Bank officials in the U.S. reported to federal regulators that it was concerned about a business deal with Russia, The New York Times reported on Thursday (Oct. 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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India Demands Details Of WhatsApp Cyberattack
October 31, 2019

India’s Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is asking the Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp for the details of the hack that compromised the smartphones of journalists, human rights activists and others, Reuters reported on Thursday (Oct. 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Fraud Prevention
Building A More Trustworthy eCommerce Marketplace
October 31, 2019

The thrill of the hunt — and chance to snag a good deal — is what drives millennials to local marketplaces. In this month’s Digital Fraud Tracker, Nathan Garnett, general counsel of online peer-to-peer (P2P) shopping marketplace OfferUp, explains how combining user ID verification badges,...

Cybersecurity
Hackers Plead Guilty For Charging Uber To Delete Stolen Data
October 31, 2019

Two hackers pleaded guilty Wednesday (Oct. 30) in federal court on charges that they hacked both Uber and LinkedIn, and then extorted the companies in exchange for deleting the stolen information. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

Fraud Prevention
OfferUp’s General Counsel On Keeping Marketplace Shoppers Safe From Scammers
October 30, 2019

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DataVisor Launches Partner Program To Help Fraud-Proof Larger Businesses
October 29, 2019

Cybersecurity and fraud protection company DataVisor, which uses artificial intelligence to help with fraud solutions, has launched a program called ExtenD, with the intention of helping medium to larger businesses with their cybersecurity and fraud needs, the company said in a press release. Get the...