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The cyber security threat landscape in financial services

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Gary Meshell, WW Leader Financial Services, IBM Security, opened his IBM Think 2019 talk, How Financial Services Companies Should Respond to Cyber Security Attacks with a bold assertion and truism. IBM and TD Bank jointly developed cyber security incident response solution for the financial services industry.

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DHS Says SEC Computers Have Five Critical Cyber Security Weaknesses

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It turns out even the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) computers aren’t super secure, even following a breach last year, according to a report in Reuters. The greatest threat to our markets right now is the cyber threat,” said Peikin in the exclusive interview.

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DataVisor Launches Partner Program To Help Fraud-Proof Larger Businesses

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Cybersecurity and fraud protection company DataVisor , which uses artificial intelligence to help with fraud solutions, has launched a program called ExtenD, with the intention of helping medium to larger businesses with their cybersecurity and fraud needs, the company said in a press release.

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KPMG: How AI Defense Can Counter Faster Payments Fraud

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Such a scenario stands as a terrifying example of not only the sophistication of criminals, but also the threat of fraud in a real-time payments environment. Ron Plesco, principal of Cyber Security, and Bob Ruark, principal of Banking and Financial Services Strategy and KPMG’s FinTech leader in the U.S. Holistic Defense.

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EMV’s Online Fraud Attack Push

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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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Q3 Global Fraud Attack Index Data Deep-Dive

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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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State-Backed Hackers Playing On COVID-19 Fears, US And UK Warn

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The amount of fraud , scams and misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic has spread widely in the past month. Amazon has had to scramble to get rid of numerous fake or counterfeit products related to the virus, including some things marketed as cures. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the U.S. and the U.K.,