April 25, 2017
Oracle Creates Internal Startup To Stay Ahead Of Competition
Multinational computer technology corporation Oracle is looking to shake things up in the innovation department to stay ahead of younger rivals. (It has been around for 40 years, after all.)...
April 24, 2017
Google Turns Back On Traditional Enterprise Mobility Security
Some 61,000 employees across the globe are using Google-powered mobile devices at the workplace, said Google, which outlined its approach to mobile security in a new white paper. Reports Thursday...
April 21, 2017
Hacker Tracker: New Threats And Old Classics
Cybercriminals certainly had a habit of churning out headline-worthy attacks in 2016 — from the Mirai botnet’s infamous distributed-denial-of-service attacks on domain directory Dyn and the DNC hack to hackers targeting...
April 21, 2017
When Open Source Opens The Door For Cybersecurity Risks
Open source technology has become critical to companies that need solutions that fit right into their own operations. Applications built with open source technology enable corporate users of these tools...
April 21, 2017
VC Funds Adding More Cash For Future Funding
It was a fairly quiet week for B2B startups on the venture capital front: Just three companies landed funding, all of which in the U.S., totaling $26 million. One startup...
April 20, 2017
Tanium CEO Takes Responsibility For Mistakes In Customers’ Demo Environment
When dealing with sensitive information on any level, one of the key aspects is to always make sure that permission is granted from the necessary parties involved before proceeding to...
April 20, 2017
How Third-Party Partners Became So Risky
This week, enterprise security startup CyberGRX announced a new funding round, with investors at Bessemer Venture Partners leading the way for $20 million in Series B financing. The investment is...
April 18, 2017
One Out Of Five U.K. Firms Hit By Hackers Last...
About 20 percent of British businesses were attacked by cybercriminals over the last year, according to a report from the British Chamber of Commerce. Most of those businesses, the report...
April 18, 2017
NY Cybersecurity Standards Loom, With Enterprises At The (Un)Ready?
Financial firms operating in New York are facing tighter security standards. A high percentage of them are facing challenges in the scramble towards compliance, per Richard Hudson, vice president of...
Digital bill pay, while routine for most consumers, poses challenges such as fraud, friction and limited payment options — particularly in the utilities sector, where consumer trust is low. This edition of the “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, examines how billers and financial institutions can earn trust among consumers.
There’s no shame in asking for help. Eighty-two percent of merchants experienced a cyber or data breach in the last year, and PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 300 eCommerce executives, “Fraud Management in Online Transactions,” a collaboration with Nuvei, details merchants’ thoughts about fraud prevention, finding that outsourced methods correlate with fewer failed payments.