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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. The IRS could administer the credit, he noted, and the companies that receive this credit should also be encouraged to follow the NIST Cyber Security Framework.

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Australia, New Zealand Take A Hard BEC Scam Hit

PYMNTS

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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After Capital One breach, fraudsters ready to prey on consumer fears

Payments Source

The ongoing availability of stolen account information used to perpetrate vishing and phishing was exacerbated by the Capital One data breach disclosed this week, affecting 100 million accounts, and is likely to increase fraud threats.

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Why initial coin offerings will not replace venture capital for startups

Bussman Advisory

There should be no doubt by now that initial coin offerings – token sale fundraisings by startups – have established themselves as new and very compelling forms of capital raising. This has begun to disrupt above all the traditional venture capital model by providing a compelling alternative fundraising mechanism for startups.

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Two Cyber Security Investments With a Silver Lining

Banking 2020

According to the Federal Trade Commission, only 26 percent of stolen identities are used for credit fraud. Hackers steal your customers’ identities for a variety of reasons: utility fraud, employment fraud, etc. Do your customers know about these other types of fraud?

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April 2014: A Busy Month for Fraud Alerts!

Jack Henry

Cyber-Attacks on Financial Institutions ATM and Card Authorization Systems. In light of the ATM cash-out schemes that had taken place recently, an alert was issued to provide details on how this type of fraud had occurred, the risks presented to financial institutions (FIs), and what FIs could do to mitigate these risks.

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The Capital One breach shows a weakness in prevailing cloud security

Payments Source

Most cloud storage systems have gaps that open the door to account takeover, API attacks and other threats, argues Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of CipherCloud.

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