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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Financial Scams up the Ante for FI Investment in AI-Powered Tools
Financial Scams up the Ante for FI Investment in AI-Powered Tools
October 10, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Something’s got to give, as the old song goes. As Dave Excell, founder of Featurespace, remarked to PYMNTS’ Karen Webster with a nod to fraud...

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Meta Identifies 400 Apps Aimed at Stealing Facebook Login Details
Meta Identifies 400 Apps Aimed at Stealing Facebook Login Details
October 07, 2022  |  Meta

Hundreds of seemingly innocent smartphone apps were singled out by security pros as being double agents of sorts, posing as something entertaining or useful but...

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Binance Blockchain Back in Action Following $100M Cross-Chain Bridge Hack
Binance Blockchain Back in Action Following $100M Cross-Chain Bridge Hack
October 07, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s BNB Chain is back up and running following an estimated $100M cross-chain bridge hack that led to the illicit transfer of digital...

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Visa, MIT Reports: Card-Present Fraud Rising as In-Store Shopping Returns
Visa, MIT Reports: Card-Present Fraud Rising as In-Store Shopping Returns
October 06, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

As consumers have returned to shopping in physical stores, scammers have stepped up their use of card-present threats.  For example, between June and November 2021,...

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Jury Convicts Ex-Uber Security Chief in FTC Case
Jury Convicts Ex-Uber Security Chief in FTC Case
October 05, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Uber’s ex chief security officer Joseph Sullivan has been found guilty by a San Francisco jury of criminal obstruction after not reporting a 2016 cyber...

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EU Watchdog Mulls Regulation of AI-Cybersecurity Firms
EU Watchdog Mulls Regulation of AI-Cybersecurity Firms
October 05, 2022  |  Regulation

In what’s been called the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) is radically transforming global economies at a pace that has regulators scrambling to keep...

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Report: LinkedIn Flooded With Fake CISO Profiles
Report: LinkedIn Flooded With Fake CISO Profiles
September 30, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

LinkedIn has been targeted with a wave of fake profiles for chief information security officer (CISO) positions at the world’s biggest companies. As Brian Krebs...

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EU Cyber Resilience Act May Set New Global Standards
EU Cyber Resilience Act May Set New Global Standards
September 27, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Earlier this month, the European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), a piece of legislation that seeks to establish common...

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Raising the Bar for Passwordless, Frictionless Commerce
Raising the Bar for Passwordless, Frictionless Commerce
September 23, 2022  |  Authentication

3DS 1, 3DS 2.1, 3DS 2.2. These acronyms should be crowding merchants’ minds as fines loom this fall for those who are not in compliance...

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