security and fraud

Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments
Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments
March 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

This week after what has felt like a steady drumbeat of bad news, American workers who’ve seen their employment either greatly truncated or completely evaporate in...

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Kount Control Aims To Cut Account Takeover Fraud
Kount Control Aims To Cut Account Takeover Fraud
March 17, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

With a new solution announced Tuesday (March 17), identity trust and digital fraud protection firm Kount seeks to help people avoid the pitfalls and annoyances...

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The Cost Of Love: FTC Data Shows Over $200M Lost To Romance Scams In 2019
The Cost Of Love: FTC Data Shows Over $200M Lost To Romance Scams In 2019
February 13, 2020  |  Safety and Security

Consumers reported losing $201 million to romance scams last year — an almost 40 percent increase since 2018 per new U.S. Federal Trade Commission data...

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Bitcoin Daily: India Gov’t Makes Blockchain Regulation Recommendation; Bitfinex Ordered To Freeze $860K Of Bitcoin Paid By Ransomware Attack Victim
Bitcoin Daily: India Gov’t Makes Blockchain Regulation Recommendation; Bitfinex Ordered To Freeze $860K Of Bitcoin...
January 29, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) in India has published a report recommending that laws around blockchain should be based on what the technology...

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Visa’s Chief Risk Officer On Securing Commerce In The 2020s
Visa’s Chief Risk Officer On Securing Commerce In The 2020s
January 20, 2020  |  VISA

Futureproofing is the process of creating systems and processes resilient enough to hold their value in the face of an unknown future. It’s also about...

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Study: Crypto Criminals Sent $2.8B To Exchanges In 2019
Study: Crypto Criminals Sent $2.8B To Exchanges In 2019
January 17, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Fortune favors the bold, goes the saying. And when it comes to crypto crimes, the bold get the fortunes — at pretty much everyone’s expense,...

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Using AI To Keep Issuers On The Right Side Of Credit Risk
Using AI To Keep Issuers On The Right Side Of Credit Risk
January 13, 2020  |  Mastercard

As 2020 gets into full swing, artificial intelligence (AI) is in a peculiar position. It’s like that cool new kid everyone knows is coming to...

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Chinese Hacking Attacks Take Down 2FA
Chinese Hacking Attacks Take Down 2FA
December 24, 2019  |  Safety and Security

In a recent series of attacks, security researchers claim they have found indications that a hacking group linked to the Chinese government has been going...

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Russia Tests Internet Isolation Scenario
Russia Tests Internet Isolation Scenario
December 24, 2019  |  International

To see whether its internet services could work if it were to be separated from the worldwide internet, Russia conducted a series of tests. The...

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