Cybersecurity

digital identity authentication

3 trends driving the digital identity market in 2022

By Rodger Desai, Prove Co-Founder & CEO As we evolve into a more phone-centric and mobile-first world, digital identification is becoming a powerful tool to enable safer and ...
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Robinhood data breach exposes 7 million clients

Data of 7 million Robinhood customers breached by hackers

By Jeff Domansky The same day US DOJ officials held a news conference high-fiving their success in charging two international ransomware hackers, online discount stockbroker Robinhood revealed intruders ...
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US ransomware attacks

DOJ charges global ransomware attackers, recovers millions

By Jeff Domansky The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released criminal indictments against several global ransomware attackers in addition to the recovery of millions of dollars in proceeds ...
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online fraud growing

Financial fraud ramps up as holiday shopping season looms

By Jeff Domansky The biggest question in many retailers’ minds is whether fraud will take a front seat during the critical 2021 holiday shopping season that kicks off ...
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EU anti-money laundering regulations

What new EU AML initiatives mean for money laundering fight

By Martin Cheek, VP, SmartSearch Money laundering is a perennial problem for institutions around the world. Only last year, the US passed a much-needed update to the Banking ...
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Do CAPTCHAs work?

Payment security, CAPTCHAs, and more than meets the AI

by Jeff Domansky Despite the promise of AI and its potential as a security tool, we’ve fallen into a world of pain when it comes to cybersecurity. That’s ...
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US benefits fraud tsunami

Could US unemployment payment fraud tsunami hit $100 billion-plus?

By Jeff Domansky Ramped up demand for unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Fraud detection budget cuts during previous low unemployment. Federal and state governments failure to take widespread ...
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hackers leak 8.4 billion passwords

Biggest password leak ever – 8.4 billion passwords

By Jeff Domansky, June 8, 2021 The largest stolen password collection of all time, 8.4 billion passwords, was leaked on one of the world’s most popular hacker forums. ...
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hamburger cybersecurity

Russian ransomware attacks American BBQ plans – citizens outraged

By Jeff Domansky, June 3, 2021 The world of cybersecurity is not on the radar of the average American. That is, until yesterday when news broke of a ...
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mobile app security report

The sorry state of application security in financial services

By Jeff Domansky, June 2, 2021 Two things jump out on first reading of Contrast Security’s 2021 State of Application Security in Financial Services Report. First, the financial ...
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