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Darden Cyberattack Puts 567K Cards At Risk

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Darden Restaurants announced Wednesday (August 23) that the data on 567,000 payment card numbers may have been exposed. The company said payment card information — including card numbers — from visitors who went to the restaurants from Nov. 3, 2017, through Jan. 2 2018 may have been affected.

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Why The Data Breach Decline Is Bad News For Businesses

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From commercial card misuse to invoice fraud, internal employees can be the bad actors, too. 40 legitimate email accounts of company executives have been compromised in a phishing campaign targeting businesses , according to Gov Info Security reports.

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Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay With Their Hand

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The giant eCommerce website can now connect a stored credit card with a palm print. The service is designed to be highly secure and uses custom-built algorithms and hardware to create a person’s unique palm signature.”. CNN reports Amazon has introduced the latest touchless way to pay at checkout.

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. Notable merchant partners include Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target. Looking Ahead in the BNPL Landscape.

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BEC Run Out Of Detention Center Nets Millions

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As for the locale: Search warrants, noted by ZDNet , were served on those individuals in an immigration detention center, yielding 16 mobile phones, various SIM cards and a number of electronic storage devices. The scam, which used those devices and deployed email methods, netted more than $3 million in Australian currency.

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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. These days, we all have a mobile device we all carry,” Wilson noted.

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BEC Attacks Surge As Fraudsters Eye Pandemic Opportunity

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Researchers found that furloughed employees are widely reporting that their bosses have asked them to continue to conduct their normal work duties despite being furloughed in order for their employers to secure funding. companies between April and May this year , Abnormal Security data revealed, according to Helpnet Security reports. .”

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