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JUNE 6, 2019

Microsoft has reportedly removed from the internet a database of 10 million faces which it had been using to train facial recognition systems. According to the Financial Times , the database dubbed MS Celeb was used by military researchers and by Chinese firms Sensetime and Megvii, among other companies.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Security experts have discovered an online, unprotected database that stores the personal data of 80 million American households. Ran Locar and Noam Rotem of vpnMentor discovered the database, adding that they believe it is the first time a breach of this size has included such detailed information.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

The app, designed for the Jewish community, left the database open without a password, exposing user data and private messages, said security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, according to reports. The exposed database contained private messages as well, which were often explicit and graphic.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 10, 2021

Messari, a crypto analytics and research firm, has raised $21M in a Series A funding round. New York-based Messari’s crypto analytics tools and research database enables investors to explore opportunities in the emerging asset class. How’s the company performing? Become a CB Insights customer.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

Another day, another massive database of stolen data discovered. Security researchers have discovered a massive database containing some 560 million emails and passwords that belongs to … someone. The database itself, however, is not a mystery any longer since the Kromtech Security Research Center found it.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In a reported leak of billions of user records in a smart home data breach, researchers have found that a database that belongs to Chinese firm Orvibo has been left open without a password for protection. Changing both a password and an email address could make the action irreversible.”. billion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

And then there’s the challenge of how to use marketing research to reach the right consumer in the right channel and the right time with the right message. Wiland operates one of the largest consumer databases, tracking more than $220 billion in transactional, SKU-level data — transactional and behavioral — for over 235 million Americans.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

While many of these are valid, 65 per cent of insurance claims handlers have noticed an increase in fraudulent cases according to research from claims automation company, Sprout.ai. Roi Amir is the CEO of insurtech Sprout.ai, Commenting on the research and its findings, Roi Amir , CEO of Sprout.ai

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Frederic Ho, Jumio VP of APAC said his eKYC firm addresses the vulnerabilities of database and biometric identity verification systems to deepfake and identity theft, by implementing advanced liveness detection to counter sophisticated fraud tactics like face morphing, face swapping, and camera injection in eKYC processes.

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VISTA InfoSec

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Business Intelligence Email inboxes, including attachments/metadata, contracts, strategic plans, product designs/code, proprietary research, trade secrets, intellectual property like patents, and confidential memos/documents. How Breaches Impact You Suffering a breach carries severe consequences beyond just data loss.

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CB Insights

MAY 29, 2019

The post Client Note: Transferwise Reigns In Europe, Blockchain For Shipping, Database-As-A-Service appeared first on CB Insights Research. Become a CB Insights customer. If you’re already a customer, login here.

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The Paypers

MARCH 13, 2024

UK-based database operator Synectics Solutions has uncovered new research indicating that ID fraud represents the most prominent fraud type reported by banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

An exposed database run by TrueDialog revealed millions of SMS text messages, according to published reports on Sunday (Dec. The exposed database, which contained years of sent and received text messages, wasn’t password protected or encrypted. TrueDialog pulled the database offline shortly after being contacted by TechCrunch.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2017

The WannaCry malware that spread globally over the past weekend has cybersecurity researchers puzzled on a number of levels. The main question on researchers’ minds is how exactly WannaCry spread. There are many theories, according to a report from Reuters , but few definitive answers.

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

From customer information and financial records to trade secrets and proprietary research, these digital assets are invaluable. Don’t overlook data at rest—files sitting idle on servers or databases. From customer information and financial records to proprietary research, your digital assets are invaluable.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2016

MIT is pushing forward with its blockchain research — with the help of Ripple. What this involves is MIT running a validator for the Ripple Consensus Ledger — a distributed ledger that settles global transactions in real time and is the foundational ledger for the digital asset XRP.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 17, 2024

As technology continues to advance, these platforms are becoming indispensable for investors seeking to streamline their research, make informed decisions, and execute purchases with greater efficiency. Digital platforms allow investors to complete the entire buying process online, from initial research to closing the deal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Paay, a startup credit card database storing millions of transactions, has been unsecured for weeks and only now closed again, according to a TechCrunch report. The database works with other payment processors, verifying payments to make sure there is no fraud going on for outside vendors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

A database of nearly a quarter-million YouTube, Instagram and TikTok public profiles that was held by a now-shuttered company called Deep Social has made its way onto the Dark Web, The Next Web reported on Thursday (Aug. The news site attributed information about the data exposure to researcher Bob Diachenko of security firm Comparitech.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 3, 2017

Likefolio , a website that uses social media connections to introduce investing concepts, recently began licensing its Brand Mapping Database. The database, which maps every publicly-owned brand and product, is aimed to help investors and financial research firms discover new insights.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

A security researcher has discovered that hundreds of millions of private chat logs from Chinese users were exposed on the internet. The database could be accessed online by anyone who searched for its IP address, and exposed photographs, addresses and locations. The databases were secured after Gevers reported the issue.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 11, 2024

.” The Fingerprints biometric sensor scans as customers tap their contactless card on a payment terminal, capturing biometric data, checking to see if it matches its database and then authenticating the payment, in under a second.

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Fintech News

MARCH 20, 2024

Research by Sumsub shows that one in every 100 users of digital platforms globally became a victim of fraud ring activities in 2023. The solution leverages a unique database for identifying and tracking fraudsters, offering a multi-layered approach to simplify decision-making and minimise false positives.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In this analysis, we examine current research on brain-machine interfaces, the next hurdles to achieving AI-augmented brains, and existing and potential applications for this mind-altering technology, from gaming and education training to behavior modification. ” –IBM research study . Connected cortexes of the future.

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Nanonets

AUGUST 14, 2024

You interact with RAG by asking it a question; it then utilizes its access to a rich database to mine relevant information and pieces together a coherent and detailed answer with this information. RAG can quickly retrieve and summarize relevant research, aiding in better medical decisions. What is RAG and How Does It Work?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Jeremiah Fowler, a senior security researcher at Security Discovery , discovered the breach after coming across the same 413GB dataset multiple times. “It 19, the database was still online the next day. A massive data breach has compromised the records of 198 million car buyers.

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The Paypers

APRIL 15, 2019

(The Paypers) Almost 40% of businesses in the financial services industry (FSI) are currently failing to implement data initiatives due to a lack of employee skills, analytic database company Exasol has found.

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Nanonets

JULY 10, 2024

An example of key-value pair extraction KVPs are the building blocks of many data structures and databases. Before the accuracy of deep learning meets the needs of the markets for such tasks, OCRs are performed with the following procedure: Database creation : First, we build a vast library of known characters and symbols.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 23, 2024

From the research we did, it was the most technologically advanced solution in the market, said Co-Founder and CEO Stuart Green. A key USP for SetldPay is their automated funds flow that allows just-in-time funding to minimise pre-funding requirements and massively simplify reconciliation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Fortune 500 company Tech Data left a server with access to customer and billing data unsecured, and it was compromised by security researchers, according to a report by TechCrunch. Researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, from vpnMentor, discovered and reported the vulnerability.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

30), citing a security researcher. The cyberattack exposed records that included passengers’ names, contact information and birthdates, the researcher told the news outlet. The breach was supposedly discovered via white-hat or ethical hacking , the security researcher said. The airline then took steps to secure the database. “At

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Nanonets

JUNE 8, 2023

Introduction to Airtable Airtable is a versatile tool that integrates the simplicity of a spreadsheet with the power of a database, and has dramatically altered the landscape of collaborative work. One key feature that stands out in Airtable is its powerful relational database functionality. What is Airtable good at?

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has launched a new Research and Innovation Division that will be responsible for licensing and supervising virtual currencies. Security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered the database and reported their findings to TechCrunch.

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Nanonets

MAY 12, 2024

Data extracted from websites is usually unstructured and needs to be converted into a structured form, which can be used for running analysis or research.   Competitor Research Web scraping for competitor research is crucial for organizations to stay one step ahead of the competition.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 12, 2021

Its database has more than 400M private companies, $71T in rated debt and over 35,000 rated transactions and entities. The post Moody’s Acquired This Climate Data And Analytics Firm To Expand Its Climate Risk Assessment Portfolio appeared first on CB Insights Research. The company has more than 11,500 employees in over 40 countries.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

And perhaps, most critically, matching patients with the right doctors, and various healthcare professionals with the right pharmaceutical companies during research and trials can speed treatments and new drugs as they move from concept to real-life therapies. The company’s databases contain more than one billion data points.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Database giant Oracle Inc. Researchers found that 40 percent of tech-sector employees between ages 18 and 34 expected to leave the region within 12 months. 13), noting that iconic Bay Area companies are moving to, and growing in, locales with lower costs and less congestion. announced Friday (Dec.

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