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Sonar Launches Service Identifying Compromised Customer Data
Security & Fraud // July 10, 2024

Fraud data sharing consortium Sonar has launched a new service that helps banks and FinTechs verify if their customer data has been compromised in a breach or used for fraudulent activities. This new service, Red Flag, allows organizations to proactively check if an account’s credentials are...

Web Scraping Wars: How Businesses Are Fighting AI Data Harvesting
artificial intelligence // July 09, 2024

As web scraping by artificial intelligence (AI) companies intensifies, businesses are grappling with the unauthorized harvesting of their online content, prompting new defensive measures that could reshape the digital landscape. Web infrastructure company Cloudflare has unveiled a new tool against content scraping that could throw...

Discover Global CISO on the Connection Between Security and Customer Lifetime Value
Security & Fraud // 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...

Report: Hacker Stole Details of OpenAI’s Tech
Security & Fraud // July 05, 2024

OpenAI was reportedly hacked last year, raising security fears at the artificial intelligence company. The hacker accessed the company’s in-house messaging system and made off with details about its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the New York Times reported Thursday (July 4), citing two sources familiar...

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 […]

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...

Physical Cards Hold the Keys to a Passwordless Future

July 02, 2024
It’s a problem that has dogged chief information and security officers at companies big and small: You have to fight fraud at all costs, and just as importantly, you need...

Cybersecurity Concerns Test Paris Olympics Preparations

June 19, 2024
The opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics are set for just over a month from now, and the event is starting to look a lot like the banking and payments...

Quick Reads
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 agencies and private tax industry organizations — said Tuesday (July 16) they are seeing a “steady stream” of phishing scams and cloud-based schemes. These email […]

Sonar Launches Service Identifying Compromised Customer Data

July 10, 2024
Fraud data sharing consortium Sonar has launched a new service that helps banks and FinTechs verify if their customer data has been compromised in a breach or used for fraudulent activities....

Report: Hacker Stole Details of OpenAI’s Tech

July 05, 2024
OpenAI was reportedly hacked last year, raising security fears at the artificial intelligence company. The hacker accessed the company’s in-house messaging system and made off with details about its artificial...

Neiman Marcus Reports Data Breach Affecting 64,472 Customers

June 27, 2024
Neiman Marcus reported a data breach that affected 64,472 customers. The incident occurred on April 14 and was discovered on May 24, the retailer said in a data breach notification filed...