Retailers are increasingly using new tools to differentiate between legit and fraudulent transactions. In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker, Neiman Marcus’ Chief Information Security Officer Shamoun Siddiqui tells PYMNTS how AI tech helped the retailer stay a step ahead of the crooks this holiday season.
A German student has taken responsibility for one of the country’s biggest data breaches. According to Reuters, the unidentified 20-year-old accessed and leaked the personal data and documents of about 1,000 people, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as other politicians and journalists. Surprisingly, he...
An active adware has been detected on the Google Play store that can display full-screen ads, monitor when a device’s screen is unlocked, and run in the mobile device’s background. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Comcast is releasing an artificial intelligence-powered service that will monitor, block and tell customers about online threats to devices connected to home networks, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
The Reserve Bank of India has released guidelines for what it calls the “tokenization” of debit and credit card transactions, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
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To contend with technology threats from China, two U.S. senators brought forward a bill that would make an office in the White House for safeguarding supply chains and combating theft. The bill, which aims to create an Office of Critical Technologies and Security, was a...
Following reports of its data breach last year, Marriott said on Friday (Jan. 4) that the total number of guest records involved in a Starwood database security incident was less than initially disclosed. And, while the hotel company said that the number of passport numbers...
When it comes to the world of cybercrime touching the connected smart devices that consumers are increasingly using, it is easy to come across some disconcerting thoughts. Unlike fraud that might lift one’s credit card number, or even swipe personal information out of a database,...
