security & fraud

Hackers Steal Alipay Customers’ Money Via Stolen Apple IDs
Hackers Steal Alipay Customers’ Money Via Stolen Apple IDs
October 11, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Alipay, the mobile payment app, said Wednesday (October 10) that hackers stole money from accounts via stolen Apple IDs. Reuters, citing Ant Financial, the payment...

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FBI Urges Caution On Chinese Amazon/Apple Hack Reports
FBI Urges Caution On Chinese Amazon/Apple Hack Reports
October 11, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

FBI Director Christopher Wray had this to say about recent allegations that spy chips from China had been placed into servers owned by tech giants...

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PSCU CEO: The Quiet Power Of Credit Unions’ 100M-Member Network
PSCU CEO: The Quiet Power Of Credit Unions’ 100M-Member Network
October 11, 2018  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions can be easy to overlook and underestimate — individually, they generally don’t have a massive amount of assets, their membership bases are often...

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AGs Probe Google Data Breach
AGs Probe Google Data Breach
October 09, 2018  |  Google

The New York Attorney General and the Connecticut Attorney General are investigating the Google data breach that may have exposed the private data of at least...

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Google Kept Google+ Data Breach Quiet
Google Kept Google+ Data Breach Quiet
October 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Google announced Monday (October 8) that it is shutting down Google+ after finding a security bug that made data on 500,000 users accessible to developers....

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Investors Warned To Heed Big Bank Regulator Fines
Investors Warned To Heed Big Bank Regulator Fines
October 08, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

Investors shouldn’t shrug off fines against big banks that run afoul of banking regulations because they impact returns over the longer term. That’s according to...

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FinCEN: US Banks Should Be Wary Of Nicaragua Assets
FinCEN: US Banks Should Be Wary Of Nicaragua Assets
October 04, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said Thursday (October 4) that U.S. financial institutions are at increased risk that proceeds from Nicaragua may enter the U.S....

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Today in Data: Bridging The Digital Payments Divide, Carefully
Today in Data: Bridging The Digital Payments Divide, Carefully
October 04, 2018  |  Today In Data

There is much evidence to suggest that the only acceptable pace for digitization in payments and commerce is faster. Disbursements, wherever one may find them, are almost...

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N. Korea Cyber Group Using SWIFT To Steal From Banks: Report
N. Korea Cyber Group Using SWIFT To Steal From Banks: Report
October 04, 2018  |  B2B Payments

A new report from cybersecurity experts at FireEye claims a North Korea-led cyber campaign has swindled banks of hundreds of millions of dollars since 2014,...

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