Cybersecurity news and trends

This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success
B2B Payments // July 18, 2024

Innovation and competition are constantly reshaping the B2B landscape. The pace of transformation has financial institutions (FIs) and corporations increasingly seeking ways to bring their B2B payments processes up to date with the latest technology. Given the economic volatility over the past few years and...

June Auto Sales Reporting Thrown off by CDK Cyberattack
Cybersecurity // July 17, 2024

As automotive retailers bounce back from the cyberattack on leading tech provider CDK Global, their financial results are murky for the period impacted by the incident, prompting challenge maintaining investor confidence. Automotive services and technology company Cox Automotive highlighted the impact of the hack, which...

Recent High-Profile Cyber Breaches Highlight Need for Fault-Tolerant Security
Cybersecurity // July 16, 2024

What do Rite Aid, Disney, and Squarespace all have in common? The fact that, in just the past few days, they each reported cyber breaches resulting in the theft of sensitive information. Rite Aid announced Monday (July 15) that in June, an unknown third party...

IRS Warns Tax Pros of ‘Barrage’ of Phishing Scams
Security & Fraud // July 16, 2024

The IRS is warning tax professionals of a rise in scams designed to steal taxpayer information. The tax agency and its “Security Summit” partners — a group of state tax agencies and private tax industry organizations — said Tuesday (July 16) they are seeing a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Discover Global CISO on the Connection Between Security and Customer Lifetime Value

July 08, 2024
When it comes to securing payments, one can never be too safe. As digital transactions increase and technology advances at breakneck speed, so do the tactics of cyber adversaries. Within the changing cyber threat landscape, few sectors are as dynamically challenged as the payments industry in locking down and protecting critical infrastructure and data.  “The […]

CE 100 Index Adds 1.4% and Tesla Surges in Holiday-Shortened Week  

July 08, 2024
There were no fireworks in terms of overall performance, but through a holiday-shortened trading week, the CE 100 Index was 1.4% higher.  Tesla’s the Standout   Tesla shares gained 27.1%, in...

2024 Is Already the Year of the Cyberattack

July 04, 2024
It’s the summer of steals, not the summer of deals, for businesses suffering cyber breaches. That’s because, as the world goes digital, fraudsters are constantly probing modern, multifaceted attack surfaces...

BIS: Central Banks See Opportunities and Challenges From AI

July 02, 2024
Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the financial sector and broader economy, creating opportunities and risks that central banks must navigate carefully, according to a top official at the Bank...

Quick Reads
Cryptocurrency Exchange WazirX Loses $230 Million in Cyberattack

July 18, 2024
Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX said Thursday (July 18) that it lost more than $230 million in a cyberattack. “This is a force majeure event beyond our control, but we are leaving no stone unturned to locate and recover the funds,” the company said in a preliminary report posted on its website. “We have already blocked […]

IRS Warns Tax Pros of ‘Barrage’ of Phishing Scams

July 16, 2024
The IRS is warning tax professionals of a rise in scams designed to steal taxpayer information. The tax agency and its “Security Summit” partners — a group of state tax...

Report: Disney Data Leaked After Hack of Its Slack System

July 15, 2024
Disney has reportedly suffered a hack of its Slack system, with data from thousands of the channels of the company’s workplace collaboration system being leaked online. The data goes back...

AutoNation: CDK Hack Will Hurt Earnings

July 15, 2024
The impact of the hack on car dealership software firm CDK Global continues to reverberate. AutoNation, one of the largest dealership chains in the country, warned on Monday (July 15)...