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...Data Breaches Nears All-Time High While Nearly 90 percent Included Victims’ SSNs Nearly 1,600 data breaches occurred in the United...
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Fraud Practice
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
FTC Chair Nominee and New Federal Reserve Chairman Each Mention Data Breaches as a Critical Concern
As the FTC considers and confirms nominees to fill vacant commission seats, those interviewed speak to the still growing threat of data...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Uber Sat on Data Breach Affecting 57 Million Users for Over 1 Year
Uber, one of the latest companies to suffer a data breach, is suffering backlash not just for the 57 million user accounts compromised...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
Over 700 Million Compromised Email and Password Combinations Used to Send Spam
Lists of email addresses with password and other information, used to send phishing emails and spam, were hosted on an open server and...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
As SEC Investigates Yahoo Breach, FTC Reiterates Need for Federal Breach Notification Laws
Following a data breach involving over 500 million accounts and a delay in notifying the public or impacted parties, the Securities and...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Black Market Prices for Variety of Login Credentials Show that Fraud Goes Well Beyond the Payment Ca
A recent study cataloging prices across English- and Russian-language fraudster forums examined 320 purchases for stolen payment,...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Average Cost of Data Breach Grows to $4M Globally, $7M in the U.S.
IBM and the Ponemon Institute recently published the latest results of their global study measuring the financial impact of data breaches...
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- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Number of Data Breaches in 2015 Stayed Flat, Number of Compromised Records Doubled
While the number of data breaches that occurred in 2015 stayed nearly the same as from the year before, the number of personal records...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Target and Home Depot Data Breaches Cost Each More Than $250 Million
After completing a $67 million settlement with Visa in August regarding the high profile data breach Target experienced in late 2013, the...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Taxpayer Data Stolen from IRS Used to File Up to $39 Million in Fraudulent Returns
Between February and May fraudsters used compromised consumer information to obtain more detailed tax payer data via the IRS’s “get...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Target Reports Cost of Data Breach was $162 Million
The late 2013 data breach impacting 70 million Target customers continues to cost the company which in their latest financial statements...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
Side Effects Expected in 2015 and Beyond as EMV Adoption Grows
2015 will likely bring many changes and developments in the payments and risk industries, but none more anticipated than the EMV...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
In 2015 Achieving PCI Compliance Means Meeting the Version 3.0 Standards
The first big change for payments in 2015 took effect on January 1st when the deadline to meet PCI Data Security Standards (DSS) version...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Data Breach Trends to Watch in 2015 Influenced by EMV and the Internet of Things
Credit bureau Experian recently released their second annual Data Breach Industry Forecast report highlighting six trends expected for...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Dairy Queen and at Least 1,000 Other U.S. Businesses Hit by Backoff Malware
According to reports from the U.S. Secret Service and Kaspersky Labs, malware known as Backoff has been used to attack more than 1,000...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Nearly half of Americans had personal information compromised in the last year
Hackers and data breaches have compromised the personal information of 110 million Americans just in the last twelve months, affecting 47...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Heartbleed may have ripple effects on websites and authentication
All organizations need to be thinking about the future of user authentication and the heavy reliance on passwords which may be on the...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Fraud Practice Releases White Paper on Behavioral Monitoring and CNP Fraud Detection
Sarasota, FL, February 13, 2014 / By: The Fraud Practice LLC Identifying who sits behind the keyboard is a daunting challenge for...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Analyzing user behavior to detect fraud
While companies and banks do their best to keep customer information secure, any system can only be as strong as its weakest link, and...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
National response to criminal cyber-attacks?
In the aftermath of several large US retailers being targeted by data theft, the National Retail Federation urges Congress to act and...
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