SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

For end users and consumers, protection against data breaches is difficult as we all now trust others to be good stewards of our personal details. A good strategy to reduce the risk of a breach three-fold. Next, use robust authentication practices. Also, turn on two-factor authentication wherever you can.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, delivering this value to their customers is a double-edged sword, as this both creates monetization opportunities yet also comes with a new set of inherent security risks by exposing their Network Functionality (NF) and data in new ways.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In reality, the fraudster initiates a transaction — such as the “forgot password” feature on the financial institution’s site — which is what generates the authentication passcode delivered to the member. To combat this scam Zelle introduced out-of-band authentication with transaction details.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Security professionals know adequate security requires encryption, tokenization, authentication, and access management, so why are their good intentions too often sidelined? That is why encrypting everything and adopting the right tools and technology are important steps to take when it comes to protecting sensitive data and mitigating risk.

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Financial Services Encryption Threat Reports Digital transformation 22

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

If I were a state attorney general or a consumer protection official at the state or federal level, I would certainly take a very close look at what’s happened here and I would think there have to be lawsuits and enforcement proceedings coming.”. “The This is a design failure,” agreed Kulkarni. “It

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If the device is equipped with a “means for authentication outside a local area network, it shall be deemed a reasonable security feature” if either of the following security requirements are met: The reprogrammed password is unique to each device manufactured[;] or. Code § 1798.91.06(h)).

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If the device is equipped with a “means for authentication outside a local area network, it shall be deemed a reasonable security feature” if either of the following security requirements are met: The reprogrammed password is unique to each device manufactured[;] or. Code § 1798.91.06(h)).

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