November 26, 2019
Via: Help Net Security69% of U.S. merchants reported that a significant amount of company time and expense is dedicated to dealing with payment fraud, in a survey by American Express. Balance security with a streamlined customer experience Nearly eight-in-ten U.S. merchant respondents (77%) […]
November 25, 2019
Via: Hot for SecurityHackers have once again successfully compromised the website of Chinese phone manufacturer OnePlus. Back in January 2018, it was revealed that the credit card details of some 40,000 people using the OnePlus website had been stolen by hackers. On that […]
Mobile, Mobile security, Network security
May 10, 2019
Via: Security AffairsSecurity researchers at vpnMentor discovered an unprotected database containing information belonging to Freedom Mobile customers. Freedom Mobile is the fourth largest mobile network operator in Canada. The unprotected database stored at least 5 million records associated with 1.5 million users […]
Access control, Identity theft, Security
April 17, 2019
Via: Help Net SecurityAlmost three in four banks in Asia Pacific anticipate that fraud in their country will increase in 2019, according to a recent poll by FICO. Of specific concern are transactions completed when neither the card nor the cardholder is physically […]
Access control, Network security
February 21, 2019
Via: Security IntelligenceCreating a seamless, secure experience for your legitimate users is a challenge. Most users are good and deserve a frictionless experience, but the less than 0.1 percent of users that are suspected to be rogue actors, according to IBM Trusteer, […]
December 4, 2018
Via: Hot for SecurityIt took Dell almost a full month to inform its customers that their information was stolen following a security incident which occurred on November 9, 2018, reads a notice on the computer company’s website. The company reset customer passwords without […]
Email security, Network security
November 27, 2018
Via: CSO OnlineRight before you Thanksgiving and some of the biggest shopping days of the year, Amazon sent emails to affected customers, revealing that it had “inadvertently disclosed your name and email address due to a technical error.” The lackluster email caused […]
Network security, Privacy protection
August 6, 2018
Via: Security IntelligenceAmong the many requirements of the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) is a directive to implement new systems of “privacy by design and default.” In this post-GDPR era, the practice may turn out to be more than a mandate. True […]
December 5, 2017
Via: Dark ReadingPayPal states TIO Networks, a payment processing company it acquired this summer, is not part of its network and PayPal remains unaffected by the breach. PayPal’s TIO Networks suffered a data breach that may have compromised the personally identifiable information […]
Network security, Privacy protection
August 24, 2017
Via: CSO OnlineSonos, that’s a really jerky thing to do — to tell your customers they must accept your new privacy policy or else those high-dollar wireless speakers will slowly die. Sonos speakers are certainly not cheap, but those who weren’t afraid […]
March 20, 2015
Via: phishingPhishers are once again targeting Bank of America customers, warns Malwarebytes’ Chris Boyd. He doesn’t say it, but it’s likely that the potential victims are directed to the phishing site via spam email impersonating the bank and telling them their […]
March 19, 2015
Via: data-lossUS #healthcare provider Premera Blue Cross disclosed it was victim of a #cyberattack that exposed details of around 11 million customers, according to an official statement. Attackers gained access to a vast volume of #customer #data in a breach in […]
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