Today’s Fraud News from around the world:
Papa John’s Announces Plans for New Global Headquarters in Atlanta Area to Accelerate Long-Term Growth and Innovation: and the increased risk of phishing and other cyber-attacks. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those matters expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.: “Phishing” – BingNews
China-linked hackers accused of targeting Vatican network weeks before deal renewal: State-sponsored hackers targeted Vatican computer networks just weeks before the provisional agreement between China and the Holy See is due to be renewed.: “Phishing” – BingNews
The US DoJ intensifies legal actions against crypto scams: US law enforcement agencies yesterday announced the arrest and sanction of two different pairs involved in crypto-related crimes …: “Phishing” – BingNews
IT security Skillsets to Counter Next-Gen Cyber Threats: By Sunil Sharma Over the last year, and the last few months especially, stories of organisations crippled by ransomware attacks, and cloud security issues am …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Higher Ed’s New Approach to Pandemic Cybersecurity: IT security experts from The Ohio State University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago Medicine share their evolving COVID-19 response strategies.: “Phishing” – BingNews
SEC Risk Alert Identifies ‘Credential Stuffing’ Hacking Technique: Credential stuffing’ is a method of cyberattack to client accounts that uses compromised client login credentials, resulting in the possible loss of customer assets and unauthorized disclosure of …: “Phishing” – BingNews
BBB gives tips on donating to wildfire and Hurricane Sally relief efforts: “Natural disasters without fail, bring out the best in people who immediately want to help,” according to the BBB.: “Phishing” – BingNews
Two Russians Charged Over M Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme: The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against two Russian nationals allegedly engaged in cryptocurrency fraud schemes. The two, Danil Potekhin (also known as …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Cyware and Cofense Announce Integration Partnership to Operationalize Phishing Intelligence: Cyware, the leading provider of threat intelligence and cyber fusion solutions, and Cofense®–the global leader in intelligence phishing defense solutions–today announced the availability …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Area 1 Security Announces New Horizon PhishGuard™ Service at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2020: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit– Area 1 Security, the first and only preemptive Cloud Email Security provider, today announced Horizon PhishGuard™ at the Gartner Security & Risk Management …: “Phishing” – BingNews
Fraud Prevention Tip: 3-D Secure: A somewhat recent technological development, in this system a there is an added layer of confirmation and security to ensure that fraud related incidents are minimized. It includes or spans three domains, hence the name 3-D . The first one is the acquirer domain which represents the bank and the merchant to whom money is being paid. The second one is the issuer domain which represents the bank which issued the card being used. The last one is the Interoperability Domain this represents the infrastructure provided by the card scheme, credit, debit, prepaid or other type of finance card, to support the 3-D Secure Protocol. This can be the Internet or a telecom service provider. For example a code could be sent to the customer’s registered cell phone number with issuer domain, and the customer would have to enter in the given code to proceed with the online transaction.