It was a heated exchange on Monday, when Facebook executives and Attorney General William Barr argued over whether encryption messaging products should be open to law enforcement, or is it a violation of privacy. The situation looks to be escalating a standoff over privacy and policing. The executives overseeing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger, Will Cathcart and …
The spread of fake news on social media has created an unprecedented crisis, especially in India. Lynch mobs, often prejudiced against certain minority communities and incensed by fake news, are taking the lives of innocents while the law-and-order system grapples with the rising violence. One of the major reasons behind the spread of misinformation has …
Cybersecurity is a huge issue from security breaches to computer hacks, companies are in a constant need to keep information confidential and safe. If there are loopholes in your security process, you are putting your product and customers data at risk. As large companies continue to get more serious about data security, small businesses are …
Cybercrime is a significant threat to businesses of all sizes, not just larger corporations. It especially affects businesses that depend on computerized technology to conduct their daily business. So investing in cybersecurity to protect businesses and data from malicious cyber-criminals and hackers isn’t just desirable. It’s absolutely essential to maximize resistance against threats. Technologies such …
The increasing focus on moving customer interactions to digital channels means that strong cybersecurity discipline is more important than ever, as it provides a target for cybercriminals to attack. The threat landscape continues to evolve, criminals are looking to repurpose attacks used against banks to target new institutions such as insurers, e-retailers and the healthcare …
All organizations could benefit from the reduction in cybercrime cost enabled by further investment in advanced identity and access management. Security intelligence and threat sharing is widely deployed by companies and provides the greatest cost savings when compared with the levels of spend. It is not only an important enabling technology for both discovery and …
Cybercriminals don’t stalk only the big companies, on the contrary, the smaller companies are softer targets and easier to penetrate. And, because a network breach can be so devastating to a business, every business should take proactive measures to protect its network and devices. The word cybersecurity is now a part of the daily news …
Payment fraud is any type of false or illegal transactions completed by a cybercriminal. The perpetrator deprives the victim of funds, personal property, interest or sensitive information via the Internet. For quite some time, fraudsters’ preferred method has been stealing physical payment cards and making purchases with them. This still happens, however, e-Commerce fraud is …