Cybercrime

Cybercrime, or computer-oriented crime, is a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Today In Data: Verifone Earnings, B2B Funding And Blockchain Growth
Today In Data: Verifone Earnings, B2B Funding And Blockchain Growth
March 09, 2018  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS data, Verifone’s first-quarter earnings largely met expectations, B2B FinTech firms are targeting millennials and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with digital financial...

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Despite Equifax Breach, People Don’t Check Their Credit Scores
Despite Equifax Breach, People Don’t Check Their Credit Scores
February 27, 2018  |  Consumer Insights

Despite a massive data breach at credit scoring company Equifax last year, a new survey reveals adults in the U.S. haven’t been checking their credit scores....

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Bitcoin Miner Faces Suit For $5 Billion In Bitcoin
Bitcoin Miner Faces Suit For $5 Billion In Bitcoin
February 26, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The man who had claimed to be the founder of bitcoin is being sued for allegedly stealing $5 billion of bitcoin from his former business...

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Identity Theft: Moving Beyond Rules-Based Russian Roulette
Identity Theft: Moving Beyond Rules-Based Russian Roulette
February 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The Mueller indictments exposed the weak links that plague IDV in the U.S. — even highlighting that a rules-based system is flawed at best. To...

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Widespread Corporate Hacking Lands Two Russians In Prison
Widespread Corporate Hacking Lands Two Russians In Prison
February 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Two Russian nationals have been handed prison sentences for their roles in hacking corporates and financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S., Bloomberg reported this week....

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Trending Topics Are New Hacker Tool
Trending Topics Are New Hacker Tool
February 16, 2018  |  Fraud Attack

Hackers have been using trending topics, such as FIFA 2018 and bitcoin, to trick users into offering up their personal information. That’s according to Kaspersky...

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Cybercrimes Cost Financial Service Firms $18M, On Average
Cybercrimes Cost Financial Service Firms $18M, On Average
February 14, 2018  |  Fraud Attack

Financial services firms, above any other industry, rack up the most in damages following a cyberattack, a new report from Accenture and Ponemon Institute found....

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DOJ Charges 36 Over $530M In Cyber ID Crime Spree
DOJ Charges 36 Over $530M In Cyber ID Crime Spree
February 07, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

You’ve heard of a baker’s dozen. Well, here, perhaps, is the hacker’s three dozen — and might there be more? According to reports by Reuters Wednesday, the U.S....

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Denmark Sees 60 Percent Increase In Credit Card Fraud
Denmark Sees 60 Percent Increase In Credit Card Fraud
February 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

No matter where you live, credit card fraud is a harsh reality. Take Denmark, for example, which saw a 60 percent increase in fraudulent card...

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