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Mitek launches MiVIP platform to fight identity theft

CSO Magazine

A new easy-to-deploy identity platform was announced this week to help address growing concerns about identity theft. The Mitek Verified Identity Platform (MiVIP) melds the company's mobile technologies with those of its recent acquisitions to give its customers flexible control over their consumers' experiences.

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Inadequate Cybersecurity

Security Boulevard

It is customary to begin an article on cybersecurity with statements about huge increases in threats and attacks and mounting cyberspace losses from fraud, identity theft, ransoms, data exfiltration, blackmail, etc. Few, who confront cyber issues daily, question such assertions, but there are some who say “prove it!”

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FBI arrests social engineer who allegedly stole unpublished manuscripts from authors

CSO Magazine

On January 5, 2022, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the FBI’s arrest of Italian citizen Filippo Bernardini at JFK International Airport in New York for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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BrandPost: Aligning security and business strategies

CSO Magazine

Their report focused exclusively on financial cybercrime, including identity theft. During the 2008–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and subsequent recession, researchers noted that cybercrime rates increased dramatically. To read this article in full, please click here

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P-to-P fraud most concerning cyber threat in 2023: CSI

CSO Magazine

Industry respondents also expressed concerns over identity theft at 4%, unavailable or unaffordable cyber insurance at 4%, geopolitical risks at 3%, DDoS attacks at 2% and website defacement at 0.9%, according to CSI’s annual survey of the financial sector. It was cited by 29% of respondents in a survey by Computer Systems Inc.

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PayPal sued for negligence in data breach that affected 35,000 users

CSO Magazine

A pending class action lawsuit accuses online payments giant PayPal of failing to adequately safeguard the personal information of its users, leaving them vulnerable to identity theft and related ills at the hands of the unidentified perpetrators of a data breach that occurred late last year.

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures suffers data breach

CSO Magazine

It said that as of now it is not aware of any kind of identity theft or fraud involving the leaked personal data. “As a precautionary measure, we are writing to make you aware of an incident that may affect the security of some of your personal information,” the company wrote in its incident report.