PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. On the other hand, around that same time the IRS released data showing that phishing and malware incidents in the 2016 tax season increased by 400 percent.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Phishing emails — 93 percent of which include ransomware, according to ITProPortal — should by no means be ignored. ProofPoint’s report does not underestimate the strength of ransomware attacks via phishing. Another phishing strategy, known as angler phishing, also showed its teeth in Q2.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2016

The Justice Department reported Monday (March 21) that a former State Department employee was sentenced to 57 months in prison, punishment for an international email phishing, hacking and cyberstalking scheme that ensnared hundreds of victims, both in the United States and abroad. 2013 to May 2015, during a tenure of employment at the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

. …………… Here are other top cybersecurity stories that made headlines this past week: One Million Gmail Users Affected By Google Docs Phishing Scam. percent of total users) were affected by an email phishing scam. Late last week, approximately one million Gmail users (or about 0.1 billion across organizations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

Phishing attacks can happen to even the most vigilant among us. billion in attempted wire fraud between October 2013 and May 2016. It doesn’t matter where or who you are. This point was driven home recently after it came to light that Facebook and Google found themselves out $100 million at the hands of one ambitious cybercrook.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

According to a press release from Kaspersky, the malware is spread via infected USB devices, as well as through spear phishing emails that include features to evade detection. Kaspersky said Dark Tequila has been actively targeting Mexican users since at least 2013.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

The initiative was to “spear-phish” and gain inroads into computer systems that belonged to, among others, the U.S. Upon successful phishing attempts, the two men would use stolen data, including passwords, to deface websites and hijack social media accounts.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Though the VK.com hack is also believed to have taken place sometime between late 2012 and early 2013, the hacker behind the breach recently began selling a smaller subset of the database on a Dark Web marketplace for 1 bitcoin (a value of approximately $580). Scammers Are Just A Tweet Away.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

ZeroFOX was co-founded by five entrepreneurs — Chris Cullison, Evan Blair, Hillary Herlehy, James Foster and Robert Francis — and rebranded from the name Riskive in early 2013. Foster, the firm’s CEO, previously headed R&D at Foundstone and Guardent.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

To get access to the email accounts, the hacker used spear phishing attacks and fake emails to trick people into providing sensitive information. In October Yahoo announced that it now believes a 2013 security breach exposed all 3 billion of its users at the time. citing the indictment.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Entrust would also be able to leverage biometric, phishing-resistant authentication for use in high-value transactions. Founded in 1969 as DataCard Corporation, the company acquired Entrust in 2013, and Entrust Datacard was launched the following year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

Banking customers are affected by attacks ranging from phishing schemes to identity scams, and it is still up to FIs to provide accurate and real-time protection regardless of where their customers are located. N26 was founded in 2013, launched in 2015 and now serves 3.5 N26 officially entered the U.S. It is growing its U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

2013 had compromised even more user data. Of all records exposed across all industries, 72 percent were uncovered across hacking, phishing and skimming efforts. Yahoo disclosed a breach of 500 million users’ data in Sept. Social Security numbers were exposed in more than half of all breaches last year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

In other news of note from the Facebook space, it recently came to light that the social media giant, along with Google, were the heretofore unnamed victims of a combined $100 million phishing attack earlier this year. billion in attempted wire fraud between October 2013 and May 2016. At the end of March , the U.S.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

One of the most famous data breaches happened to Target in 2013. There are a few key areas to provide training on: Recognizing what potential risks may look like (such as common phishing tactics). They were required to pay an $18M settlement, but losses are estimated to top $200M. A large part of that was simply lost customer revenue.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

These fraudsters have since found a variety of other ways to take advantage of credit cards, such as skimmers and hacking attempts, phishing ploys, physical theft and more. The Payments Council reported that losses with FPS were barely higher than losses associated with checks by 2013, and were actually lower than those for card payments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

As phishing and ransomware become known commodities in the world of digital security, the hackers and crackers just change up their methods. The rise of formjacking accompanies the decline of ransomware attacks, which according to the report are down 20 percent year-on-year — the first decline since they began emerging on the scene in 2013.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

1 of 2013 and the end of March 2018. A bit closer to home, in the wake of a data breach in Adams County, Wisconsin – one that affected 250,000 people – several employees allegedly tied to that breach are still on the county payroll.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

I was reminded yesterday in my digital discussion with the CEO of Forter, Michael Reitblat, that 83 percent of the fraud attacks last year were the result of botnets, besting some of the more “tried and true” tactics like account takeovers and phishing. Keith Alexander reiterated that this past year.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2016

” Company facts: Founded in August 2013. These risks include credential compromise, MITM attacks and phishing attacks, all while also reducing the overall attack surface for the enterprise. That communication was between that app and your authentication server directly – all on a tightly integrated secure channel.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Doing so gives it the attack volume of a mass spam campaign, but with the target-specific customization of spear-phishing attacks.” Said the Agari researchers in their report: “London Blue’s effectiveness depends on working with commercial data brokers to assemble lists of target victims around the world. purchase price.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Despite the rising popularity of virtual workout options — most prominently embodied by Peloton — boutique brick-and-mortar fitness was in a period of rapid growth prior to the crisis, with memberships growing over 120% from 2013 to 2017, according to Bloomberg.

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