PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Hackers employed by the Chinese government were able to get into the network of Visma, a Norwegian software company, to steal client secrets. Governments in the West and cybersecurity firms have been warning about Cloudhopper since 2017 but have not until now disclosed the names of the companies that were impacted by it.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

While the business email compromise (BEC) scam is a global pain point for businesses, this week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures in B2B payments fraud and finds BEC heating up in one particular region: Australia and New Zealand. Another business, homewares company Sage and Clare, was out $7,360 after falling for such fraud.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2017

Security isn’t just about catching the bad guys as they run away with store merchandise. And as part of a network, they can be a key piece in the preventative puzzle, triggering other elements of the security suite to activate. And surveillance isn’t just about identifying bad guys after the fact.

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FICO

JULY 31, 2019

Tools such as the ABC National Risk Score in the US, which provides a general rating of cyber risk for benchmarking, and the FICO® Cyber Risk Score, which provides company- specific metrics, may be leveraged in combination to provide a directionally correct view of relative risk. And follow me on Twitter @dougoclare.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

Hackers have also been known to target the virtual private networks used by companies as ways for employees to log into work from home. The amount of fraud , scams and misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic has spread widely in the past month. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the U.S. and the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Mastercard has unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled Cyber Secure tool suite, which lets banks evaluate cyber risk throughout their ecosystems and stop possible breaches from occurring, according to a Friday (Oct. 30) announcement emailed to PYMNTS. Mastercard said the world faces a $5.2

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Though the industry knew it was coming, the sharp migration of fraud from in-store to online channels with the growing adoption of EMV is still enough to keep any online merchant up at night. The data show that since the October 2015 EMV liability shift, United States fraud attacks have jumped by 11 percent. contact-form-7].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Fraudsters have been causing problems for retailers over the past four quarters, leading to a 137 percent jump in fraud attacks and affecting $7 out of every $100 made in retail sales, according to the latest PYMNTS.com Global Fraud Attack Index. The collaborative study with Forter measures the rate of fraud attempts made on U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2016

No incessant authentication requests … all without sacrificing their security. Enter intelligent Payment Security. These intelligent solutions not only let you build a secure e-commerce strategy centered on customer value, but also a broader digital business transformation plan focused on competitive advantage. No interruptions.

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Banking 2020

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

It’s clear that cyber threats and identity theft tactics are getting smarter, and that banks need to amp up their security practices to combat this evolution. Financial institutions have the opportunity to make security investments that also increase their ROI. Do your customers know about these other types of fraud?

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FICO

MAY 2, 2019

Fraud and data breaches have always had a close, if destructive, relationship. As the US transitioned to hard-to-counterfeit EMV payment card technology several years ago, criminals flocked to card not present (CNP) fraud , often combining identity fragments and card numbers stolen in breaches to make illicit purchases online.

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Tech and Finance

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Cyber security pros and risk analysts should be better than the average person at detecting fraud, but a little over three percent submitted their personal identification information to sign up for an app described as “Shazam for voice identification.”. million fraud complaints in the United States last year.

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Qudos Bank

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With online scams leading to millions of dollars in financial losses [2] annually it may be worth paying attention to how well a bank invests in their security and fraud protection, including security practices, privacy measures, and their process for treating fraudulent and unauthorised banking activity.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

What’s more, half of the companies surveyed experienced between one and five IT security incidents in the past 12 months. “As Preparedness among all departments in the organization — such as executive leaders, engineers, IT security teams and more — is key to protecting against cyberattacks.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 14, 2021

US-based fraud prevention company Arkose Labs has entered the group of companies specialised in web development and cyber security to strengthen its capabilities in developing new solutions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Australian logistics company Toll has been forced to disable its systems and use non-digital processes after a ransomware attack on Friday (Jan 31) caused delays throughout the country, according to a report by ZDNet. “We The company said that no personal data was compromised in the cyberattack. . “We On Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has a call out for tech companies that can help it develop a blockchain-based know-your-customer (KYC) platform. 29, requesting tech companies who can build a “proof of concept” shared KYC system that would allow commercial banks and the central government to share and update customer data on a blockchain.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he wants credit reporting firms to comply with the state’s new cyber-security regulations in the wake of the massive Equifax hack , according to Reuters. If the companies fail to register, they could be barred from doing business with financial companies regulated by New York State.

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Qudos Bank

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Unfortunately, scams and financial fraud are becoming more and more common each year. Common behaviours exhibited by people who have been victims of fraud to look out for include: They are suddenly short on money. Most cybercrimes can be reported through the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Report Cyber service.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

As has been widely reported, a massive attack hit everything from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service, European automakers and Chinese firms and any number of companies across other verticals, winnowing its way through disparate countries into Saturday. Action Fraud, the U.K.’s Action Fraud, the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and regulators with the Financial Conduct Authority were already looking into the cyberattack, with the NCSC saying it would work closely with law enforcement. Cybersecurity company McAfee had previously linked Sodinokibi attacks to Iran.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

“We have now contained the virus and are working to restore our systems and resume normal operations as quickly as possible,” the company said in a statement. The company is now using pen and paper to serve customers at its 1,200 worldwide terminals, many of which are in airports.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

First the good news – banks in Britain stopped nearly £1 billion in attempted fraud in the first six months of 2015. Banks prevented £7 in every £10 of attempted fraud, according to Financial Fraud Action (FFA) UK, which reports that losses on payment cards, online and telephone banking and cheques totalled £325.3

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing cyber security specialists, the breach in which the personal information of as many as 500 million customers was exposed began in 2014, going undetected until September of 2018.

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FICO

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I’ve previously discussed our company’s work on an Artificial Intelligence-based scams model for FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager and the technology behind it. To build the award-winning scams model, my team had to take a different approach from our traditional work on fraud models. How FICO Can Help You Stop Scams. Scott Zoldi.

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SWBC's LenderHub

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

It seems like every day we hear about another company with a cyber security breach. Cyber-attacks have become so prevalent, they've lost their shock value; same thing different day, right? It's easy to shrug off the news of yet another cyber-attack when it's not your company making the headlines.

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Qudos Bank

MAY 11, 2023

With online scams leading to millions of dollars in financial losses [2] annually it may be worth paying attention to how well a bank invests in their security and fraud protection, including security practices, privacy measures, and their process for treating fraudulent and unauthorised banking activity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

According to Reuters , the attack was launched on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, companies and critical infrastructure operators globally. and British officials warned that infected routers could be used to launch future offensive cyber operations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

Targeted specifically were customers of state lender Sberbank, customers of Alfa Bank and customers of online payments company Qiwi. A BNP Paribas spokeswoman was unable to confirm or deny this information, but added that the bank “has a significant set of measures in place aimed at fighting cyber attacks on a daily basis.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Ride-hailing app company Uber, which made news when it covered up a huge data breach that exposed roughly 600,000 driver’s license numbers, could face investigations by regulators around the globe. have called on congressional hearings and asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to look into the latest scandal at the ridesharing company. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

North Korea is the likely culprit behind the WannaCry cyber attack that managed to infect 300,000 computers worldwide. That comes care of cyber security firm Symantec, which confirms its researchers found multiple links between early versions of WannaCry and the code in previous outings by the North Korea-backed hacking group.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

While many companies have incorporated automation into their businesses, accounts receivables has been lagging to catch up to the digital revolution. – What are companies doing to battle cyber security and avoid fraud? His experiences include over 30 years of working as a public and private company CFO.

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FICO

APRIL 17, 2020

A number of new insurance carriers including; Volante Global, Tarian Underwriting Limited, and RLI Insurance Company, have joined a growing number of global insurance carriers currently leveraging the industry leading FICO® Cyber Risk Score for underwriting, portfolio management, risk aggregation, modeling and pricing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

based Immersive Labs for its cyber security war games demonstrates the enduring appeal of that adage. Immersive Labs , the company hired by Goldman Sachs , created a cyber war game tool just four hours after the WannaCry malware attack became public.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

Are you ready to respond to a cyber threat? If the answer is “not very,” you’re in good company. Recent research by San Francisco-based cyber security company RiskIQ , aggregated in the company’s 2017 State of Enterprise Digital Defense Report , shows 68 percent of corporate decision-makers have little to no confidence in this area.

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FICO

JANUARY 30, 2017

I talked about using the FICO fraud data consortium to determine when data shifts can invalidate the models and, more menacing, when these shifts reveal subtle new fraud patterns that can indicate the work of fraudsters and cyber criminals, who know how to go “low and slow” to evade detection. IoT is the new Wild West.

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