Canon USA has finally acknowledged that a ransomware attack earlier this year involved the theft of corporate data, including such employee information as Social Security numbers and financial account numbers.
As synthetic ID fraud in the financial services sector continues to rise next year, organizations must use new technologies to mitigate the risks, says Saif Nawaz of Meridian Credit Union in Canada.
In a bid to reduce rising impersonation and identity theft cases, the Monetary Authority of Singapore is proposing to require the use of enhanced identify verification during mobile and online banking transactions.
Payments companies must secure their APIs and enhance their authentication standards in line with The Reserve Bank of India's guidelines to make QR codes interoperable and boost the electronic payments ecosystem.
Validating identity across every digital channel is essential to track money movement information and help control P2P payment fraud, two fraud-fighting experts say.
Researchers have uncovered a fresh phishing campaign that mimics the automated messages of the popular business communication platform Microsoft Teams in an attempt to harvest users' Office 365 login credentials.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning offer the best hope for addressing the risks posed by synthetic identities, says Justin Davis, fraud manager at Digital Federal Credit Union.
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Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national who was found guilty of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox and stealing millions of user credentials, has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.
Australian police say they've broken up a sophisticated SMS phishing scheme designed to collect personal details and bank login credentials. It's a rare success in the fight against unsolicited text messages.
Empire is the latest darknet market to "exit scam," meaning administrators ran away with users' cryptocurrency, leaving the market to fail. Given the ongoing risk of exit scams, as well as police often targeting such markets, why do they persist?
Fighting payment fraud requires protecting far more than just payment data, says Sujay Vasudevan, vice president of cyber and intelligence solutions at Mastercard, who describe key steps.
A bipartisan bill looks to take some initial steps toward creating nationwide digital identity standards that can address a range of security issues, including theft and fraud stemming from data breaches. The legislation is backed by the Better Identity Coalition.
A Russian national who is allegedly part of an ongoing disinformation campaign targeting the upcoming U.S. election faces a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
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