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Europe Grabs B2B Payments Fraud (Small And Large) Headlines

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To that end, a finance platform based in Switzerland, Advanon, has grappled with fraud, as reported by p2p-banking.com. The invoices were then financed by 78 private investors – and the fraud resulted in ill-gotten gains worth about two million euros. 1 of 2013 and the end of March 2018.

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ProofPoint Warns Of Bank Trojans: A Massive Threat Executives May Overlook

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The strategy focuses on social media support fraud, and saw a 38 percent increase quarter-over-quarter. The year’s second quarter also saw an increase in social media link spam after a previous decline of this type of attack in Q1. Bank Trojans with mining capabilities were first noticed in 2013.

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Facebook’s Stock Faces Pressure On Heels Of NY Times Report

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Facebook, the leading social media company, is facing pressure after The New York Times issued a damaging report, with the stock falling close to 5 percent during intraday trading Monday (Nov. consulting firm, to create opposition research on critics of the company.

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: VK.Com Hacking Details

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Recently released details show that another social media network was hit by a massive data breach, a trend that appears to be all too common today. The latest company to be hit is VK.com , which is the largest social media network in Europe. 350+ Million | The approximate number of VK.com users.

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Hacker Tracker: Call Center Scams, Password Reuse Dangers

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It never takes long for cybercriminals to find new avenues to perpetrate fraud. Fraud On The Line. Criminals are now learning about potential targets and using their lack of security parameters to lull them into providing private information.”. government and has been looked into since 2013. Ad Fraud Takes Center Stage.

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Facebook Tracker: Anticipation

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Facebook (FB) shares have hit record highs amid investor optimism on the social media giant’s upcoming Q1 earnings report. Rimašauskas has since been charged with one count of money wire fraud, three counts of money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft. At the end of March , the U.S.

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Facebook Played Favorites With Data

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Reuters , citing documents released by British lawmakers, reported that between 2012 and 2015 executives at the social media network operator — including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg — tracked how competitors were growing and then denied some access to user data that was available to other companies.

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