Password tips to keep your accounts safe
Uswitch.com conducted a consumer survey to find out how the UK chooses their passwords, how safe they are and how often they have been hacked. Writing passwords down on paper …
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Companies poorly prepared to meet CCPA, CPRA and GDPR compliance requirements
CYTRIO released findings from additional independent research it conducted during Q1 2022 on the state of companies’ readiness to comply with the California Consumer Privacy …
Keep your digital banking safe: Tips for consumers and banks
In this interview for Help Net Security, Reza Zaheri, CSO at Quantum Metric, talks about digital banking security and what can banks, as well as consumers, do to protect their …
Email encryption flexibility builds customer trust and business revenue
Intentional and unintentional data breaches in emails are not unusual, and since they are the backbone of communication, organizations need to keep their data protected. …
Consumers feel data leakage is inevitable so many have stopped caring
Imperva releases findings from a global study on consumer perceptions of data privacy and trust in digital service providers. In an increasingly digital world, consumers feel …
Consumer fraud tripled in the last two years
Reported cases of consumer fraud more than tripled in the years 2020-2021 from prior years, finds a new report by Accenture, presenting a growing challenge for public safety …
Traditional identity fraud losses soar, totalling $52 billion in 2021
A study shows that traditional identity fraud losses, caused by criminals illegally using victims’ information to steal money, exploded in 2021 to $24 billion — an alarming …
The challenges of consumer data and PII usage
In this Help Net Security video, Nong Li, CEO at Okera, talks about the challenges of using and managing consumer data and personally identifiable information (PII). As …
How hard is it to address Apple’s in-app deletion requirements and implement privacy compliance?
Transcend released the results of its latest survey of technology decision makers, which assessed their readiness for Apple’s in-app deletion requirements for iOS apps that …
Payment fraud attack rate across fintech ballooned 70% in 2021
Sift released a report, detailing the increasingly sophisticated — and often automated — tactics cybercriminals leverage to commit payment fraud. Derived from a global network …
Shipping fraud quickly emerging as one of the top fraud types
The continuous growth of e-commerce could be behind a surge in shipping fraud, which is now the fastest growing type of digital fraud worldwide, according to a TransUnion …
Cosumers don’t think they can dodge identity fraud
Nearly one in 10 smartphone users in the UK (9%), as many as 5.7 million people, have fallen victim to identity fraud in the last 12 months, according to a research by GBG. …