Cybersecurity

Computer security, cybersecurity or information technology security is the protection of computer systems from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

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Business Networks Aim to Simplify Authentication for Consumers and Suppliers
Business Networks Aim to Simplify Authentication for Consumers and Suppliers
February 01, 2023  |  Authentication

Leveraging connected ecosystems is key for businesses looking to streamline authentication processes across channels. In the absence of these ecosystems that leverage partner strengths, Melanie Ockerse,...

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Prove Identity Appoints Cybersecurity Professor Amanda Fennell as CISO 
Prove Identity Appoints Cybersecurity Professor Amanda Fennell as CISO 
January 26, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Prove Identity has appointed Amanda Fennell as the company’s chief information security officer (CISO). Fennell brings 20 years of experience in the security industry to...

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Tenable to Invest Up to $25M in Early-Stage Cybersecurity Firms
Tenable to Invest Up to $25M in Early-Stage Cybersecurity Firms
January 26, 2023  |  Investments

Tenable will invest up to $25 million in startups that can help its cybersecurity efforts. Those ventures will be part of the company’s new corporate investment...

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Major Hacks Highlight Evolving Ransomware Threat in Europe
Major Hacks Highlight Evolving Ransomware Threat in Europe
January 23, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

A string of major hacks in Europe has put ransomware in the spotlight. A type of malware that infects computer networks, ransomware threatens to publish...

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Online Scam Complexity Is Paradoxically Keeping Banks’ Fraud Controls Offline
Online Scam Complexity Is Paradoxically Keeping Banks’ Fraud Controls Offline
January 20, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

As long as banks have been around, they’ve been tremendously attractive targets for “robbers.” The tit-for-tat between bad actors chasing after bank deposits has evolved...

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T-Mobile Reports Monthlong Data Breach Affecting 37M Customers
T-Mobile Reports Monthlong Data Breach Affecting 37M Customers
January 19, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

A hacker siphoned customer data from T-Mobile for more than a month. In that time, the bad actor obtained data about 37 million customers, the...

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Bank Account Validation Boosts B2B Payments Security, Protects Against ‘Bad Insiders’
Bank Account Validation Boosts B2B Payments Security, Protects Against ‘Bad Insiders’
January 18, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

“It’s always a cat and mouse game between the fraudsters and the ones that are trying to stop them,” nsKnox Chief Operating Officer Nithai Barzam...

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Hack the Box Gets $55M to Fight Cybercrime
Hack the Box Gets $55M to Fight Cybercrime
January 12, 2023  |  Investments

Hack the Box has gotten $55 million in its campaign to help businesses fight cybercrime. The U.K. company, which bills itself as a “gamified continuous...

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German Financial Authority Warns Consumers About ‘Godfather’ Android Banking Trojan
German Financial Authority Warns Consumers About ‘Godfather’ Android Banking Trojan
January 10, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has warned consumers about “Godfather” malware attacks. On Monday (Jan. 9), the regulator said that around 400 banking and...

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