security & fraud

Most Fortune 100 Companies Use Software That Enabled Equifax Hack
Most Fortune 100 Companies Use Software That Enabled Equifax Hack
January 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax’s data breach of nearly two years ago hasn’t taught a majority of Fortune 100 companies a lesson, with reports stating that most are using...

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Singapore’s HIV Registry Data Exposed Online
Singapore’s HIV Registry Data Exposed Online
January 28, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Singapore’s Ministry of Health disclosed Monday (Jan. 28) that the private health information of its citizens has been breached. According to a report in TechCrunch,...

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Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
Banks As The Keeper Of Consumer Digital IDs?
January 28, 2019  |  Authentication

You can’t have trust without some type of trusted authority, and any type of authority is fragile without a reasonable level of trust. Those ancient...

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Twitter Data Breach Prompts GDPR Investigation
Twitter Data Breach Prompts GDPR Investigation
January 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union. On Friday (Jan. 25), the DPC said it was again looking...

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Fraud Makes Headway Via ‘Payroll Diversion’
Fraud Makes Headway Via ‘Payroll Diversion’
January 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Corporate fraud – from within the company, and from without – continues to make headlines and headway, with the past week having seen some revisits...

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Advocacy Groups Call On FTC To Break Up Facebook
Advocacy Groups Call On FTC To Break Up Facebook
January 24, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is facing breakup calls from a handful of advocacy groups that want the Federal Trade Commission to explore breaking up the social media giant....

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Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal
Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal
January 23, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

Deutsche Bank’s handling of billions of dollars in suspicious transactions from Danske Bank’s Estonian branch is raising the ire of the Federal Reserve, which is...

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Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
January 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

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...

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Symantec Spots Attacks On West African Financial Institutions
Symantec Spots Attacks On West African Financial Institutions
January 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

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...

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