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Why The Data Breach Decline Is Bad News For Businesses

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At the same time, as this week's B2B Data Digest reveals, fraud can come from many sources, not only outside of the enterprise. From commercial card misuse to invoice fraud, internal employees can be the bad actors, too. An individual has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering charges.

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PSCU And Welcome Technologies Team Up On Credit Card Aimed At Immigrants

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Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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Taking A Customer-Centric Approach To Fighting Fraud

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The bank robbers who decades ago would have pulled off in-person heists have in many cases instead become cybercriminals who hack into mobile accounts, purchase stolen credit card information on the dark web and impersonate customers online or over the phone. Staying ahead of fraud requires constant innovation. Red Flag Behaviors.

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BEC Attacks Surge As Fraudsters Eye Pandemic Opportunity

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Wirecard continues to dominate the headlines in the realm of corporate fraud thanks to $2 billion missing from the company’s books, but it’s not the only company at the center of questionable activity. 34 percent of furloughed employees were asked to commit furlough fraud , according to a survey from U.K.-based

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The Great Twitter Hack And Power Of Social Engineering

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Twitter caught the hackers and temporarily disabled all verified accounts to stop the message from being circulated — but before Twitter managed to pull the plug press reports indicated that scammers made off with more than $117,000 sent to two accounts via some 401 transactions, according to tracking website blockchain.com.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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Mobile means one can do just about anything by using their device: order food, bank online, read the news … even commit payments fraud, sometimes from the unlikeliest of places. In Australia, news came that police have charged a quartet of alleged fraudsters with running a business email compromise (BEC) scam.

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Health Care Companies Data At Risk Of Being Compromised

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Newkirk issues identification cards for insurance plans, and in early July, it discovered a server that housed information on members of payer organizations was accessed without the proper authorization. An inquiry into it found access was first made in May.