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Misconfiguration to blame for most mobile security breaches
Nearly 2.2 billion smartphones and tablets will be sold to end users in 2014 according to Gartner, Inc. While security incidents originating from mobile devices are rare, …
Biometric tool prevents fraud
BioCatch launched its eCommerce fraud prevention solution. The new tool uses behavioral biometric analysis to detect suspicious behavior and authenticate repeat customers, …
Strategic security acquisitions: What makes sense?
Thanks to a steady stream of high-profile data breaches, a rapidly shifting threat environment, and the recent indictment of 5 members of Chinese People’s Liberation …
8 key cybersecurity deficiencies and how to combat them
While the number of cybercrime incidents and the monetary losses associated with them continue to rise, most U.S. organizations’ cybersecurity capabilities do not rival …
Employee behaviors expose organizations to insider threat
A third of UK professionals are likely to consider risky behaviors that endanger or undermine data protection. The research was conducted by OnePoll and based on surveying …
Fraud study finds MasterCard holding lowest fraud rate
2Checkout released a study of online payments fraud, based on a worldwide sample of approximately one million payment transactions tracked each quarter. Key findings: Discover …
Ineffective password security practices plague organizations
Just over 13 percent of IT security professionals admit to being able to access previous employers’ systems using their old credentials, according to Lieberman Software. …
Data brokers collect info on nearly every U.S. consumer
In a report issued on the data broker industry, the Federal Trade Commission finds that data brokers operate with a fundamental lack of transparency. The Commission recommends …
The cloud will transform the airport experience
Airports are increasingly identifying the need to switch to cloud systems in order to improve operational efficiencies, according to Amadeus, who collected the viewpoints of …
Large increase in PayPal-related phishing URLs
CYREN published its April 2014 Internet Threats Trend Report. Among its findings, they revealed a 73 percent increase in the number of phishing attacks aimed at PayPal users. …
Instant messaging Trojan spreads through the UK
Hundreds of computer systems have been infected with the latest instant messaging Trojan. Bitdefender has spotted an increasing wave of infections in the past week in …
Operation takes down crime network affecting European electronic payments
Bulgarian and French judicial and law enforcement authorities, working in close cooperation with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol and Eurojust in The Hague, …
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