security & fraud

Professor That Gathered Facebook Data For Cambridge Analytica Is Sorry
Professor That Gathered Facebook Data For Cambridge Analytica Is Sorry
April 23, 2018  |  Facebook

Aleksandr Kogan, the professor who collected information on millions of Facebook users for Cambridge Analytica, doesn’t think he did anything wrong but regrets his role...

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Australia’s Government Facing More Pressure For Lack of Banking Oversight
Australia’s Government Facing More Pressure For Lack of Banking Oversight
April 23, 2018  |  International

The government of Australia is facing new pressure this weekend over its initial desire not to launch an inquiry into the banking sector, which is...

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Wells Fargo About To Be Slapped With $1B Fine From CFPB, OCC
Wells Fargo About To Be Slapped With $1B Fine From CFPB, OCC
April 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Wells Fargo, the embattled national bank, could be slapped with a $1 billion fine as soon as Friday (April 20), reported CNN Money. Citing a...

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Radar Earns Its Stripes Among Enterprise Orgs
Radar Earns Its Stripes Among Enterprise Orgs
April 18, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Stripe’s first Radar product prevented $4 billion in attempted fraud throughout 2017. Today, April 18, the tech platform for internet businesses is announcing Radar 2.0...

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Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal
Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal
April 18, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Despite Facebook’s data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, the number of people that are using social media platforms increased by more than 100 million during the...

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TaskRabbit Takes Website, App Down After Computer Hack
TaskRabbit Takes Website, App Down After Computer Hack
April 17, 2018  |  Safety and Security

TaskRabbit — the freelancer marketplace owned by IKEA, the Swedish furniture retailer — has been the victim of a hack that prompted the company to...

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Netflix’s Hastings Says Tech Companies Are Trying To Grow Up
Netflix’s Hastings Says Tech Companies Are Trying To Grow Up
April 16, 2018  |  Facebook

Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix and Facebook board member, said over the weekend that Facebook and other social media companies are “trying to...

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Facebook User Data Possibly In Russia, Says Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower
Facebook User Data Possibly In Russia, Says Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower
April 09, 2018  |  Facebook

Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, said Sunday (April 8) that more than 87 million  Facebook users may have been accessed — and all of it...

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Iceland Needs To Do More To Fight Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing
Iceland Needs To Do More To Fight Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing
April 09, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Iceland’s efforts over the last decade to focus on crimes that were associated with the financial crisis around the globe has hurt its law enforcement of...

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