VISTA InfoSec

MARCH 28, 2024

In the digital age, protecting customer data is a cornerstone of trust and reliability between a company and its consumers. As cyber threats loom larger and data breaches become more frequent, safeguarding sensitive information cannot be ignored. You should also regularly review stored data and purge what is no longer needed.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

As cyber threats evolve, safeguarding your organization’s data has become an utmost priority. Whether you’re a small business owner, a corporate leader, or an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, the consequences of a data breach are severe and far-reaching. Outdated software?

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

There were sellers offering data from what could have been 278,531 accounts, although some may have been duplicates or fake, the report noted. “We are not aware of any data breach at this time,” an Instacart spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. “We We take data protection and privacy very seriously.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2020

Generally, the cyberattacks take the form of phishing scams with fraudsters sending emails purporting to be from legitimate and now-common institutions like Zoom or Microsoft, praying upon those working from home for the first time and hoping they’ll click fraudulent links that scam them out of valuable information.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

As lawmakers ponder this risk, PYMNTS highlights some of the newest data points uncovered by researchers examining small business cybersecurity. 149,000: the average cost of a data breach for a small-to-medium sized business , according to AppRiver.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 26, 2024

The Impact of Cybersecurity on Businesses & What an Investor Should Consider Cybersecurity measures protect systems, networks, and data from digital attacks like malware, phishing attacks, and ransomware because cybersecurity breaches impact a business negatively.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Compared to OTPs, which are increasingly vulnerable to online scams such as phishing, SIM swapping, and message interception, payment passkeys make transactions not only faster, but also more secure against fraud and scams.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

billion consumer accounts fell victim to data breaches during the first half of 2019 — to the tune of $4 million in lost revenue per breach. Phishing attempts increased approximately 65 percent in 2019, and cost businesses more than $12 billion in stolen funds, victim payouts and opportunity costs. million per breach.

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Payments Dive

JULY 1, 2019

Download this infographic from TNS which looks at the results of a series of recent industry studies which highlight the latest data breach trends. It uncovers the top 5 types of breach incidents, which assets and data criminals are targeting and the number of organizations who have been affected.

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EBizCharge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Now more than ever, businesses are focusing on preventing data breaches and implementing response protocols to mitigate breaches if they occur. According to the 2023 IBM Data Breach Report , the global average cost of data breaches was $4.45 What are data breaches?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Google issued a stark warning last week about the state of cybersecurity: Phishing attacks are on the rise and continue to take advantage of vulnerabilities resulting from the global pandemic. Among a lengthy list of attack methods, ransomware and third-party breaches remain common tactics against law firms, the report revealed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Experts say an employee phishing scam is likely to blame for the data breach affecting millions of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor payment cards. Separate reports by the Associated Press also pointed to an email phishing scam as the likely culprit.

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Fintech News

MAY 27, 2024

The Evolving Fraud Landscape APAC has seen a significant uptick in corporate data breaches, profoundly impacting fintech companies. As per IBM Security’s report, APAC bore the highest average cost of a data breach globally, averaging US$3.24 million in 2021.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

As if Yahoo didn’t have enough on its plate, the tech company is now facing a probe from the Securities and Exchange Commission as to whether or not it could have acted more promptly in response to two massive data breaches that left over a billion customers’ information compromised. America’s Data Breach Problem.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Signet Jewelers, the company that owns Jared and Kay Jewelers, has fixed a massive data breach that allowed anyone to view the order information of other customers, including a home address and the last four digits of a purchaser’s credit card, according to a Monday (December 3) report. Or just targeted phishing attacks.”.

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VISTA InfoSec

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Common threats for SMEs include phishing, malware, insider threats, and social engineering. SMEs can protect themselves by enforcing strong password policies, using two-factor authentication, training employees, updating software regularly, and backing up data. Lets get started.

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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Common threats for SMEs include phishing, malware, insider threats, and social engineering. SMEs can protect themselves by enforcing strong password policies, using two-factor authentication, training employees, updating software regularly, and backing up data. Let’s get started.

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Payments Source

JULY 30, 2019

The ongoing availability of stolen account information used to perpetrate vishing and phishing was exacerbated by the Capital One data breach disclosed this week, affecting 100 million accounts, and is likely to increase fraud threats.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

According to a report highlighting findings from the Identity Theft Resource Center and CyberScout, data breaches in the U.S. The financial services industry accounted for only 52 of the breaches tracked, or 4.8 For the eighth year in a row, hacking, skimming, and phishing were the main drivers of data breaches, representing 55.5

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The Paypers

APRIL 26, 2016

(The Paypers) Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has revealed that 89% of data breaches are either financially or espionage motivated and conducted through phishing.

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Fintech Review

APRIL 20, 2025

It covers the tools, platforms, and strategies that defend against data breaches, fraud, identity theft, and financial disruption. Attackers pursue data, funds, and access to infrastructure. The risks range from phishing and account takeovers to ransomware and insider threats. What Is Cybertech?

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Payments Source

MARCH 5, 2019

Online retailers must accept hacking, malware and phishing as a reality of doing business in our digital world, but tokenization can make the prize less worthy for crooks, according to André Stoorvogel, director of product marketing for Rambus Payments.

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Fintech News

JUNE 10, 2024

Reducing the amount of unnecessary data collected can lessen the impact of a data breach and decrease the resources needed for data protection. Regular training sessions should be conducted to make employees aware of phishing and other social engineering tactics used by cybercriminals.

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VISTA InfoSec

AUGUST 8, 2023

But a cybersecurity report shows that 43% of data breaches involve small businesses. Some effects of cybersecurity on your business include: Stealing stored data such as credit card details. Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks are usually deployed via emails and malicious websites.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Singapore, the cybersecurity landscape saw a significant surge in phishing attempts targeting local entities in 2022. Over 80 percent of these phishing campaigns mimicked banks or financial services, including institutions based in China, as well as local services like Singpass and SingPost.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

As ZDNet reported , the company posted on its website that the sample of records it saw were “real and current,” but maintains that it was not hacked and that the data may have been stolen via phishing. Much like Deutsche Telekom, Twitter remained adamant that its systems were not breached.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

It appears that third-party bad actors were able to use usernames and passwords that were compromised in previous data breaches of other websites and apps to login to some Instacart accounts,” Instacart wrote. “In We are not aware of any data breach at this time,” an Instacart spokesperson said. “We

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Payments Source

MAY 5, 2016

Fueled in part by an increase in phishing attacks with malware attachments in the past year, fraudsters took only minutes to compromise a network in 93% of breach incidents, according to Verizon's 2016 data breach investigations report.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Three common forms of fraud that can threaten credit unions (CUs) are check fraud, card fraud and automated clearing house (ACH) fraud, and fraudsters often deploy phishing emails to deceive and defraud customers. Rise in Phishing Attacks and Data Breaches. Phishing attacks can also target CU employees.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. By comparison, phishing scams usually bring in between $300 – $500, while ransomware attacks cost around $4,400.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

Fraudsters have only upped their efforts during the pandemic, with phishing attacks alone increasing 667 percent between late February and late March. The July FI Fraud Decisioning Playbook examines how FIs are working to better detect and defend against ATOs. percent of all fraud reported in 2019.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

Adherence to these regulations is paramount for safeguarding sensitive patient information from data breaches and cyber attacks. From March 2021 to March 2022, the average cost of a data breach in healthcare was over $10 million, up from $9.23 Thus, protecting EHRs is crucial to avoid data breaches from hackers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

This week’s data digest is all about, well, data. The latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout finds a worrying trend: 2016 was a record year for data breaches, with businesses emerging as the largest target for hackers by far. 1,093 data breaches hit entities in the U.S.

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Segpay

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Tokenization: Generative AI contributes to the implementation of tokenization, a technique that replaces sensitive data, such as credit card numbers, with unique tokens. These tokens are generated for each transaction, reducing the risk of data breaches. This provides digital payment methods with an additional level of security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Try wrapping your mind around the price tag of the average corporate data breach at $3.92 Email phishing scams seem so Y2K that it’s hard to believe how effective they are, even against corporations protected by fancy firewalls. million per incident. Then multiply that by the 4.1 The figures are staggering.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

Customers whose call data has been compromised, even if their names haven't been obtained, are at heightened risk of attacks such as phishing by bad actors pretending to be mobile carriers. T-Mobile previously suffered a data breach in March.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

This is simply not true; all of the data is available freely to ANYONE with internet access. Though it is legal to have, the type of data Diachenko uncovered is dangerous because operators of social engineering attacks , such as phishing, can use it to wage targeted attacks on internet users.

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