Cybersecurity news and trends

Securing the Cyber Perimeter Starts With Safeguarding Corporate Emails
Cybersecurity // November 01, 2024

Corporate email accounts are among the most exploitable entry points for scammers. Phishing, ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks cost companies billions of dollars annually, often originating from compromised email credentials. That’s why the news this week (Oct. 30) that Amazon’s WorkMail enterprise email...

Digital Evolution of Finance Function Sees CFOs Embracing Cyber Duty
Cybersecurity // October 30, 2024

In today’s high-stakes digital business battleground, cybersecurity isn’t just for the IT team. Cyber threats are a growing challenge for businesses of all sizes, and against that backdrop the role of chief financial officers (CFOs) and senior leaders in cyber resilience is growing as critical...

UK’s CybaVerse Raises $1.4 Million to Expand Cybersecurity Team
Investments // October 29, 2024

U.K. cybersecurity firm CybaVerse is expanding its team after raising $1.4 million. The company announced the fundraise on its website Monday (Oct. 28), saying it would use the capital to speed the development of its platform and expand its team. It has already appointed three...

Capital One and USAA Invest in Security Firm Tidal Cyber
Investments // October 28, 2024

Security firm Tidal Cyber says it has landed investments from Capital One and USAA. The investments will help enhance the company’s enterprise edition platform and fuel the adoption of Tidal’s “threat-informed defense” offering, according to a Monday (Oct. 28) news release. In addition the investments will help accelerate Tidal’s go-to-market...

Interviews & Exclusives
Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management

November 08, 2024
Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions, the future looks bright. Tribh Grewal, head of FinTech partnerships at Discover® Global Network, and Jonathan Vaux, head of propositions and partnerships at Thredd, discussed with PYMNTS how FinTechs and […]

Mastercard CPO Calls for ‘Rethink’ of Payments Technology With Tokenization

October 10, 2024
Among the meteoric rise of payments innovation, tokenization’s widening adoption has been among the most notable. It’s been around for more than a decade, but even today — with explosive...

AI Chatbots Spill the Beans on Company Trade Secrets

October 07, 2024
As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots enter workplaces, they’re not just boosting productivity — they’re opening digital back doors to corporate secrets, with over a third of employees unwittingly playing the...

Passkeys Replace Passwords as Banks Seek Better Authentication Options

October 07, 2024
In the 21st-century financial services sector, security is paramount, and threats abound. As sophisticated cyber threats, from deepfakes to cloud vulnerabilities, spread from every corner of the globe, experts debate...

Quick Reads
UK’s CybaVerse Raises $1.4 Million to Expand Cybersecurity Team

October 29, 2024
U.K. cybersecurity firm CybaVerse is expanding its team after raising $1.4 million. The company announced the fundraise on its website Monday (Oct. 28), saying it would use the capital to speed the development of its platform and expand its team. It has already appointed three senior leaders, including cybersecurity expert Andreas Wuchner, the company’s new […]

Capital One and USAA Invest in Security Firm Tidal Cyber

October 28, 2024
Security firm Tidal Cyber says it has landed investments from Capital One and USAA. The investments will help enhance the company’s enterprise edition platform and fuel the adoption of Tidal’s “threat-informed defense” offering, according to...

Delta Sues CrowdStrike Over ‘Catastrophic’ IT Outage

October 27, 2024
Delta Air Lines has made good on its promise to sue cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The lawsuit, as reported Friday (Oct. 25) evening by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), stems from...

Santander and HSBC Join Government Warnings on QR Code-Based Cyberattacks

October 27, 2024
First came phishing. Now, consumers and cyberdefenders need to guard against “quishing.” As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Oct. 27), banks and regulators are warning against the rise of...