September 06, 2013
Circuit Court Revives Heartland Payments Negligence Claim
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a cybersecurity negligence claim against New Jersey-based payment processor Heartland Payment Systems, a September 4 report from Main Justice revealed. The...
August 23, 2013
Alternative Currencies Lead Secret Service To Fight Fraud
The Secret Service is now directly communicating with local business communities in New Hampshire and Vermont due in part to the development of alternative currencies and new types of cybercrime,...
August 21, 2013
How Cybercriminals Are Hijacking The Mobile Revolution
By Ben Carsley, Managing Editor (@BC_PYMNTS) Are we truly in the midst of the Golden Era of mobile technology? On one hand, consumers are projected to spend $235 billion via...
August 16, 2013
Report: IBM Acquires Trusteer For $1B
IBM has acquired Israeli security company Trusteer for $800 million-$1 billion, according to TechCrunch. The media sources notes that Trusteer has taken just $10.1 million in funding from investors so...
June 19, 2013
EU Agency Receives New Regulation For Cyber Security
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) received on Wednesday a new regulation that aims to tackle online fraud. The regulation is a seven- year mandate that has already...
May 08, 2013
Caribbean, Latin American Banks See Cybercrime Boom
Attacks on online banking and infrastructure are on the rise in Latin American and Caribbean, according to a new Trend Micro report. When asked to provide information regarding cybersecurity attacks,...
February 13, 2013
Obama Signs Cyber Security Executive Order
President Obama has signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the cyber security of “critical infrastructure,” the White House announced yesterday. The executive order tasks the National Institute of Standards...
February 07, 2013
EU Releases Cybercrime Strategy
The European Commission, together with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, have announced the publication of a cybersecurity strategy for the EU. The cybersecurity...
February 24, 2012
Cybercrime Battle Basics
Click here to download a free copy the ThreatMetrix whitepaper: Cybercrime Battle Basics. You Can’t Fight the Fire from Behind the Firewall The cybersecurity war is fought on the new frontier...
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.