Cybersecurity

Fraud Prevention
How To Keep QSRs’ Digital Transformation Investments From Derailing
January 22, 2019

We all remember cramming — all that coffee and/or soda, all those books, notes and ink stains. Not to mention, all those late nights desperately striving to absorb all the information we should have learned over the course of weeks instead of hours, had we the...

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Fortnite’s In-Game Currency Used In Money Laundering Schemes
January 21, 2019

A new report has revealed that Fortnite’s in-game currency is being used to launder money from stolen credit cards. 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...

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Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
January 21, 2019

Pinduoduo, the Chinese Nasdaq-listed Internet marketplace that lets consumers get discounts from merchants, announced Sunday (January 20) that an online collective stole tens of millions of yuan worth of discount vouchers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Data Breach Leaks 773M Emails, 21M Passwords
January 18, 2019

The largest public data breach ever has been discovered, according to Gizmodo. 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 Today. By...

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U.S. CEOs Rank Cybersecurity As Biggest External Threat
January 17, 2019

Chief executives across the globe are bracing for a recession on the horizon, but when it comes to CEOs in the U.S., cybersecurity ranks higher as a concern. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Federal Websites’ Certificates Expire During Govt. Shutdown
January 17, 2019

Add federal websites to the fallout from the government shutdown. 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 Today. By completing this...

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Apple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data
January 17, 2019

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to increase the transparency of companies that handle user data. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Symantec Spots Attacks On West African Financial Institutions
January 17, 2019

Hackers are targeting financial firms in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea, using commodity malware and living off the land tools, reported Symantec, the cybersecurity company, in a new blog post. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Check Point Finds Flaws In Fortnite’s Single Sign-On System
January 16, 2019

Through a series of vulnerabilities in the technology of the Fortnite game, an attacker could have been able to gain control of user accounts on the platform, per research from Check Point. Researchers from the IT security firm told Epic Games about the bugs in...