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The true cost of fraud

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Measuring the cost of fraud losses. The true cost of fraud goes beyond the initial reported fraud losses Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 Fraud scams made worse by the pandemic continue to be successful, while crypto-scams are emerging. That equates to $35 billion annually.

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July Data Breach Prompts Transfer Of Capital One Security Chief

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Capital One ’s chief information security officer (CISO), Michael Johnson, is being transferred to a new position following the bank’s colossal cyberattack in July, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (Nov. Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach.

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Capital One Hacker Indicted On Fraud, Theft Charges

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The woman accused of one of the largest instances of corporate hacking in recent memory was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer data theft on Wednesday (Aug. A federal grand jury indicted 33-year-old software engineer Paige Thompson, a former employee of Capital One, for the crime.

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Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 

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A former Amazon systems engineer working for Capital One is said to be the woman behind a breach that accessed the data of over 100 million people. Thompson formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. I’ve basically strapped myself with a bomb vest,” Ms.

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New Report: Why FIs Are Taking A Behind-The-Scenes Approach To Fighting Fraud

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The July FI Fraud Decisioning Playbook examines how FIs are working to better detect and defend against ATOs. Relying on static usernames and passwords to authenticate customers is no longer sufficient, and many FIs are therefore examining how tools like biometrics can offer greater security. Around The FI Fraud Decisioning World.

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Deep Dive: How Unsupervised Machine Learning Could Close The Cloud Services Security Gap

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Cloud services like AWS , Dropbox and Google Cloud store terabytes of users’ personal information and payment data, making them prime targets for fraudsters looking to wreak havoc. The cloud security space needs to completely rethink its options if such strong systems can still be breached.

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Merchants, Online Fraud And The 3DS 2.0 Reset

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As has historically been the case with commerce security upgrades that roll in by government mandate, the path to European Union adoption of 3D Secure 2.0 That’s a path that McCutcheon said will have challenges, but perhaps fewer than we’ve seen in the recent history of security upgrades. also known as “3DS 2.0” Why 3DS 2.0

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