Security News

US military supplier in ‘Made in America’ fraud case
2019-11-11 11:48

Aventura allegedly imported cheap cameras and network-enabled security gear from China, then slapped US flag stickers on them.

eCommerce Fraud Prevention Firm Riskified Raises $165 Million
2019-11-07 14:44

Ecommerce fraud prevention solutions provider Riskified has raised $165 million in a Series E funding round at a valuation of over $1 billion. read more

Details of an Airbnb Fraud
2019-11-06 12:19

This is a fascinating article about a bait-and-switch Airbnb fraud. The article focuses on one particular group of scammers and how they operate, using the fact that Airbnb as a company doesn't do...

Companies unprepared to deal with mobile attacks, synthetic identity fraud, CCPA compliance
2019-10-29 06:00

There is a growing impact of large-scale data breaches and fraud on consumer trust and the critical need for businesses to balance the digital consumer experience with strong identity verification...

NICE Actimize’s new capability improves detection rates and stops real-time payments fraud
2019-10-29 04:00

NICE Actimize, a NICE business and leader in Autonomous Financial Crime Management, is introducing its Federated Learning capability that will provide financial services organizations (FSOs) with...

Zumigo Assure Identity now protects more than 100M consumers from bank account takeover fraud
2019-10-28 01:00

Zumigo, a leader in mobile device identity verification, announced that the company’s Zumigo Assure Identity solution has crossed a major milestone by protecting more than 100 million consumers...

Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud
2019-10-25 00:50

When NY based cloud payroll provider MyPayrollHR unexpectedly shuttered its doors last month and disappeared with $26 million worth of customer payroll deposits, its payments processor Cachet...

Click-Fraud Trojan Found in Apple App Store
2019-10-24 14:13

A total of seventeen iOS applications infected with clicker Trojan malware made it into the Apple App Store, Wandera’s threat researchers have discovered. The infected applications, Wandera says,...

If there were almost a million computer misuse crimes last year, Action Fraud is only passing 2% of cases to cops
2019-10-21 12:04

You know my stats don't lie and I'm starting to feel it's wrong Action Fraud (AF) is referring fewer computer misuse cases to police investigators despite official statistics showing nearly a...

Food writer Jack Monroe loses at least £5,000 in SIM-swap fraud
2019-10-16 10:53

Her accounts were drained in spite of using 2FA, showing that SIM swaps can still circumvent what's a good security tool.