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Tax Day is on the horizon. This year it falls on April 17 because of the weekend and a Washington, D.C., holiday. That gives you two extra days to get your taxes completed, but it also gives cybercriminals two extra days to commit identity theft and o… Continue reading Tax Day: Identity Theft Begins Much Earlier Than April 15
Another day, another data breach. Recent news about cybercriminals obtaining more than 5 million credit card numbers from high-end U.S. retailers joined a series of major hacks and online data breaches. Unfortunately, the frequency of attacks on Americ… Continue reading How safe is your personal information?
The Panerabread.com breach might have exposed 37 million customers’ data online. What should you do to make sure your security isn’t compromised?
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You may think your business is keeping pace with all the latest advancements in technology—maybe you have finally bid farewell to the cash-only days, or maybe you maintain a respectable website for your company. But even with these basic improvem… Continue reading 3 Big Ways You’re Losing Business with Old Tech
In a perfect world, you would be playing your favorite online action, shooter, and casino games without concern—in a fantasy world with no hackers, malware, or cyber-attacks. Unfortunately, that world doesn’t exist. In the real world, prett… Continue reading 4 Tips to Secure Your Online Gaming Account and Prevent It from Getting Hacked
According to a survey commissioned by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), concerns about identity theft are rising and the protections Canadian businesses have put into place to safeguard personal information are falling. The… Continue reading Confidence in Canadian business data safeguards erodes as identity theft concerns rise
New York-based BioCatch announced a $30 million funding round Monday, with plans to boost its platform that relies on behavioral analytics to detect fraud, including identity theft and spoofed accounts. Launched in Israel, BioCatch proactively collects and analyzes more than 2,000 parameters to generate user profiles and model different types of genuine and malicious behavior. The platform measures a variety of actions, including mouse clicks, typing tendencies and swipe time on mobile. Enterprise security teams are alerted if anomalous behavior is detected, and are given the opportunity to replay sessions that are flagged as fraudulent. The company has relationships with Experian, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Samsung SDS. It also has partnerships with U.S.-based software company Nuance Communications and U.K. based-bank NatWest. “We take pride in the track record we have amassed and the role that we play as an integral part of our clients’ identity strategy,” said BioCatch Chief Executive […]
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Upcoming cybersecurity regulations mandate stricter access controls, but strong identity protection requires a multifactor authentication solution that does more than simply check compliance boxes.
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via Peter Rudegeair and AnnaMaria Andriotis – writing at The Wall Street Journal – comes a good example of crime reportage, regaling us with an exposé of pernicious criminality within the Identity Theft arena: The utilization of Synthetic Identi… Continue reading Synthetics
Enterprises and small-to-medium businesses (SMEs) worldwide in 2018 are bolstering their security strategies based on Europe’s upcoming data protection regulation, with a new poll showing more than half of organizations pledge to add identity and… Continue reading GDPR prompts companies worldwide to plan for stronger security, study shows