January 26, 2017
Russian Hacker Tracker At Kaspersky Lab Arrested On Treason Charges
One of the top cybercrime experts at Russia’s biggest cybersecurity firm was arrested on charges of treason last month. According to Business Insider, Kaspersky Lab confirmed that Ruslan Stoyanov, head...
January 26, 2017
French Central Bank Chief Urges Insurance Firms to Up Cybersecurity
Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of France’s central bank, is calling insurance companies in the country to significantly step up their cyber risk coverage for clients. As cyberattacks and data...
January 25, 2017
US: Ohlhausen named acting chair, leaving 3 open seats at...
President Donald J. Trump has designated Maureen K. Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission by a White House order. “I am deeply honored that President Trump has...
January 25, 2017
Apple Top Destination For Cybersecurity Experts, Says Indeed
It’s a job seeker’s market when it comes to cybersecurity expertise, according to a new report from employee-employer matching company Indeed, and Apple tops the list of best U.S. corporations...
January 24, 2017
IBM Security Buys Agile 3 To Help C-Level Executives Better...
IBM Security announced Monday (Jan. 23) it is acquiring Agile 3 Solutions, a developer of software used by the C-suite and senior executives to better visualize, understand and manage risks...
January 24, 2017
Scouting The Cyberbreach Landscape
Cyberattacks are rising, a report from CyberScout and Identity Theft Resource Center noted, and maybe that doesn’t surprise you. But, as CyberScout’s Eric Hodge, director of consulting, stated, the attackers themselves...
January 24, 2017
EU Puts Big Bank Cybersecurity To The Test
With cyberattacks on the rise, the European Union may be taking new steps to ensure banks are at the top of their cybersecurity game. EU officials and sources told Reuters...
January 23, 2017
SEC To Take A Closer Look At Yahoo Breaches
Adding to its mounting list of headaches — Yahoo is now facing a probe from the Securities and Exchange Commission as to whether or not it could have acted more...
January 20, 2017
Hacker Tracker: Money-making Ransomware, Gmail Phishing, CNP Fraud On The...
Data is truly lucrative. Which may explain why hackers have made cyber-ransom a go-to attack tool when they are looking to score big. In this week’s Hacker Tracker, Radware shares...
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.