security & fraud

Ubisoft Launches Microsite To Show The Darker Side Of Selfies
Ubisoft Launches Microsite To Show The Darker Side Of Selfies
November 04, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Selfies can be embarrassing and annoying, depending on who you ask, but they can also be a treasure trove of information for hackers. That’s according...

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Wells Fargo Litigation Reserves Nearing $2B
Wells Fargo Litigation Reserves Nearing $2B
November 04, 2016  |  Banking

Wells Fargo disclosed Thursday (Nov. 3) it is raising the amount of money it set aside for legal fees due to the fake account scandal...

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CFPB And NY AG Announce Lawsuit Over Debt Collection Scheme
CFPB And NY AG Announce Lawsuit Over Debt Collection Scheme
November 03, 2016  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Wednesday (Nov. 2) that it, along with the New York Attorney General, launched a lawsuit against what it said...

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UK To Spend Close To £2 Billion To Fight Cyberattacks
UK To Spend Close To £2 Billion To Fight Cyberattacks
November 02, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The U.K. government is reportedly gearing up to spend close to £2 billion over the course of the next five years to fight the growing...

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Shadow Brokers Posted A New Leak From NSA
Shadow Brokers Posted A New Leak From NSA
November 02, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Shadow Brokers, the group behind the publishing this past August of National Security Agency hacking tools, has posted a new leak that the group said...

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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Disclosed A Data Breach
Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Disclosed A Data Breach
October 31, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) disclosed it was hacked in September, reported The Wall Street Journal last week. According to the report,...

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Senators Want To Know Why KPMG Didn’t Catch Wells Fargo Fake Accounts
Senators Want To Know Why KPMG Didn’t Catch Wells Fargo Fake Accounts
October 31, 2016  |  Banking

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has reportedly sent a letter to KPMG, Wells Fargo’s auditor, questioning why the accounting firm did not catch the fake accounts...

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US Government Indicts Twenty People Over IRS Scams
US Government Indicts Twenty People Over IRS Scams
October 28, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) impersonation scams have been hurting U.S. taxpayers for years, and now, government officials are announcing that 20 people in the U.S....

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Nets Alerts Local Banks Of Data Breach
Nets Alerts Local Banks Of Data Breach
October 27, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Danish payment processor Nets notified local banks and international card schemes on Wednesday (Oct. 26) of a data breach that could have impacted 100,000 credit...

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