PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Research and Markets announced on Wednesday (Sept. 21) the addition of a new research report looking at the connected home market and the cyber risks it could face. The study provides an understanding of the types of smart technologies, devices and cybersecurity measures that are being used in North American homes.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2018

An estimated 86 percent of companies around the world experienced at least one cyberattack last year, according to Kroll research, as cited by Insurance Business last week. According to PwC, that’s a significant 18 percent increase from 2016 levels. Still, researchers found that cybercrime is the “most disruptive” to a small business.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Cybersecurity is no longer an afterthought for today’s enterprise. Spend is still going up, too, as KPMG ‘s report found a 23 percent increase in the number of professionals prioritizing cybersecurity investments this year compared to last. The tactic relies on employee ignorance, not on system weaknesses, to find success.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

According to reports , Yonathan Klijnsma, a threat researcher at RiskIQ, told the outlet that the same group of hackers that breached Ticketmaster may be behind the attack at British Airways, in which more than 380,000 credit cards were compromised. RiskIQ, the security firm, told outlets on Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

A new report from CyberEdge Group, a research and marketing firm serving the cybersecurity industry’s top vendors, has found that ransomware incidents are at an all-time high, with one-third of victims paying the ransom associated with an attack.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

In 2016, researchers at Citizen Lab — a group that investigates surveillance technology — revealed that they discovered NSO software in a link sent to the phone of a human-rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, and that the software was being used by foreign governments to spy on citizens.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Hackers identified as being part of Magecart Group 8 attacked NutriBullet’s website multiple times during the last few months, according to new RiskIQ research released on Wednesday (March 18). The cybersecurity firm believes there are still vulnerabilities. The attackers first hit on Feb.

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CB Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

As companies continue to transition to the cloud, cybersecurity remains a major concern amid growing cyber losses. However, companies have spent far less on cyber insurance than on cybersecurity as a form of cyber risk management. First name. Company name. Phone number. The post Google Is Partnering With Cyber Insurance Giants.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed that cybersecurity, changing energy prices and the ability for countries to provide proper governance were among the largest threats businesses faced this year. Cyberattacks worried executives in three of the eight regions covered in the research. Cyberattacks were viewed as the No.

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FICO

MAY 22, 2017

The President’s May 11 executive order Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure seems to have been met with broad support. Full disclosure: I’m accountable for growing the cybersecurity business line at FICO. That’s my take on the executive order “top 10” list.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

In a recent series of attacks, security researchers claim they have found indications that a hacking group linked to the Chinese government has been going around two-factor authentication (2FA). In separate news, Czech cybersecurity company Avast was hacked by an outside actor suspected to have ties to China.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Cybersecurity company Kaspersky is reporting there has been an uptick in ransomware attacks this year, with many specifically targeting municipalities and their subset organizations. Kaspersky researchers studied 174 municipal institutions and their 3,000 subset organizations that were targeted in 2019.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Corporate cybersecurity is an ever-increasing focus of government entities, with the U.S. Late last week, the FTC rolled out a series of informational resources for nonprofits and small businesses (SMBs) to heighten awareness and understanding of cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate them.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Researchers at FireEye, the security firm, said in a research report covered by Reuters that the Kremlin hackers were aiming to steal the password credentials for business travelers and Western government officials using Wi-Fi networks in hotels mainly in eight countries in Europe.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

billion) on cybersecurity enhancements. The new data breach was reportedly not connected in any way to the cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 that affected 400,000 Italian customers. In the battle for cybersecurity , Visner said that adversaries are not “bulletproof super villains. In the past three years, UniCredit has spent €2.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

The IoT Identity Access Management (IAM) market is expected to explode in the coming years, with Research and Markets projecting the market size to go from $1.1 billion in 2016 to $4.97 percent from 2016 to 2021. The research group said the cost associated with the IoT IAM market could also restrict growth.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

This research briefing analyzes the corporations working on auto tech initiatives, the startups looking to transform the future of transport, and the array of industries that face upheavals from these trends. Connected vehicle cybersecurity: As connected vehicles have proliferated, so have firms focused on securing them.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

And the number of things corporations have to juggle to safeguard their data — from the numerous types of fraud to the copious technologies that combat it all — mean cybersecurity is no easy task. With several types of fraud threatening the business today, spending on cybersecurity measures is spiking — big time. Beyond Fraud.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

As a result, ads for lending products in which repayment is due within 60 days or with an APR of more than 36 percent will be banned from the site as of July 13, 2016. Sizzle/Fizzle Spotlight | Cybersecurity. Red hot not all that long ago, cybersecurity stocks could use some security of their own. percent from the day before.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

The ability to do academic research on what’s happening online has never been worse,” Stamos told the Guardian. . Stamos led Facebook’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and now runs Stanford University’s “Observatory,” a new internet research arm.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In this week’s B2B Data Digest, PYMNTS dives into new research about small businesses’ data security and cybersecurity efforts. Small businesses seem quite confident in their ability to protect themselves and their customers’ data, but according to researchers, that confidence is likely misguided. —60

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

From corporate use of Airbnb to SMEs’ confidence in cybersecurity, PYMNTS takes a look at the factors causing small businesses across the globe to either waver or grow in their confidence for the future. $77 The findings signal a need for corporations to “reboot” their cybersecurity strategies, Accenture concluded.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

“After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report. For both Europe and Asia, 2016 was hardly a flop.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The government reportedly temporarily shut down the platform in the wake of the cyberattack upon advice from cybersecurity experts. A cyberattack has shut down the governmental eProcurement system of the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka, reports in The New Indian Express said on Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Banks and merchants may also need to confront outmoded perceptions of Chinese cybersecurity and banking laws and be aware of the government’s role in enforcing such rules. Foreign and domestic firms alike are still dealing with questions surrounding its cybersecurity laws.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

A new research report from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick has found evidence that corporate cyberattacks lead to higher profits for chief executive (CEOs) officers at those firms. firms between 2004 and 2016, focusing on high-profile cyberattacks that caused a drop in share value.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

Small business software firm Womply is rolling out its cybersecurity solution designed to safeguard companies’ online presence, the company announced on Wednesday (Aug. ” Womply raised $30 million in 2016 from Sageview Capital as it prepared to ramp up product development. ” The tool is designed for U.S. .”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

Symantec, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in research and cloud-based security, released new insights surrounding financial malware and ransomware in its latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR). only accounted for six percent of financial malware detections in 2016. million detections per year, are up to 2.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

The incident, and similar breaches, reveal the limitations of cybersecurity, even as corporates worldwide continue to increase their investments in the latest-and-greatest security technologies. last December pegged global spending on cybersecurity by corporates will hit $96.3 Estimates from Gartner, Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Mike Galarza, founder and CEO of AP automation firm Entryless, touted 2016 as the year that corporates stopped relying on banks. “As The list of cyberattacks on banks from 2016 is long. PYMNTS explores some of the predictions industry players laid out for the year head.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The cybersecurity industry has some of the brightest minds in technological innovation focused on safeguarding the enterprise. Cybersecurity is a constant cat-and-mouse situation,” explained Dominic Chorafakis, principal consultant at cybersecurity firm Akouto Consulting , in a recent interview with PYMNTS. The problem?

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Cybersecurity investments are soaring. Cybersecurity software firm Rapid7 recently published a report on its efforts to find these vulnerabilities before hackers do. Researchers noted that, throughout this time, software vulnerabilities spiked. Researchers noted that these requirements mean passwords like “Summer2018!”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

the percentage of companies that faced a data breach because of a vendor or third party was higher at 61 percent, which is up 5 percent from last year and 12 percent from 2016. In a press release announcing the results of the survey of more than 1,000 CISOs and other security and risk professionals across the U.S. Opus said that in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In this week’s Hacker Tracker , Ryan Stolte , cofounder and CTO at Bay Dynamics , joined PYMNTS to shed light on the growing cybersecurity concern of insider threats and how retailers are making big strides in keeping hackers locked out for good.

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FICO

JULY 30, 2018

It’s a go-to quote because it’s true — and I can’t think of a more applicable area than enterprise cybersecurity risk. Sasha Romanosky , Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation. Sacha is a renowned researcher, working on empirical policy research in the areas of privacy and security. It’s destroying logic,” said Josh.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Unfortunately, experts don’t believe ransomware attacks will let up anytime soon, with recent research from Datto finding that these attacks cost small businesses $301 million worth of ransomware money in 2016. Ransomware attacks are often a small business owner’s worst nightmare.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Bank heists and data breaches saw no shortage in 2016, and corporates large and small could no longer avoid the risk of a cyberattack. What cybersecurity threats will impact corporate buyers and suppliers in 2017? In addition, the battlefield is evolving. Simply put: Crooks love checks.

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