security and fraud

The Extremely High Cost Of Counterfeit
The Extremely High Cost Of Counterfeit
April 06, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Given that counterfeiting is driven largely by the desire for cheap goods, it can be somewhat shocking to see exactly just how high the annual...

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McDonald’s Claims Hacking On Its Canada Jobs Site
McDonald’s Claims Hacking On Its Canada Jobs Site
April 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

At one point or another, almost every organization’s cybersecurity is breached. Big or small, it seems that no one is immune from cyberattacks. The latest...

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EMV Pushes eCommerce Fraud Spike
EMV Pushes eCommerce Fraud Spike
March 30, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The good news about EMV is that it has drastically dropped the instance for cloned-card fraud that was far more endemic in the mag stripe...

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What WikiLeaks Disclosures Really Say About US Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
What WikiLeaks Disclosures Really Say About US Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
March 29, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The revelations from WikiLeaks about the U.S. government’s hacking tools are reported to have sent Cisco reeling earlier this month, Reuters reported. WikiLeaks documents revealed that...

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Danish Firms Partner On Cryptocurrency Security For Banks
Danish Firms Partner On Cryptocurrency Security For Banks
March 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

As far as cryptocurrencies have come in recent years, a number of security and fraud risk elements still remain. But developers are working to bring...

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AT&T Breaks Seizure-Causing Tweet Case
AT&T Breaks Seizure-Causing Tweet Case
March 22, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

AT&T can be credited with cracking the identity of a Twitter user who sent an image that caused seizures to a Newsweek journalist. According to a...

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DOJ Charges Two Russian Spies As Part Of The Massive Yahoo Hacks
DOJ Charges Two Russian Spies As Part Of The Massive Yahoo Hacks
March 16, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday (March 15) that it had lodged charges against two spies in Russia and two hackers as part of...

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The Canadian Government Has Been Hacked, And Experts Say Many More Hits Are Coming
The Canadian Government Has Been Hacked, And Experts Say Many More Hits Are Coming
March 14, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Canadian government was forced to pull the plug on its website for filing federal taxes after it became clear that cybercriminals had broken into the statistics...

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The Best Defense Against The Worst (Cyber)Offenses
The Best Defense Against The Worst (Cyber)Offenses
March 10, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Cybercrime is ever present and ever bolder as bad guys seek to topple the most basic building blocks of how we live, interact and shop,...

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