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Data breaches happen so frequently these days that many consumers have “breach fatigue.” However, the threat does not die when public interest does. Stolen data moves faster than breaches can be detected, heightening the risk for merchants.

Ashley Madison, an online extramarital dating service that claims to protect users’ privacy and security, has had its customer database compromised.

E-commerce fraud management platform provider Ethoca has raised $45 million in investment after significant growth last year.

As China loosens restrictions on international commerce, foreign merchants bringing their operations to China may be unprepared for the types of fraud they encounter.

Some rules are black and white, which is why Sift Science has added the ability for clients to integrate automatic rules on top of its machine-learning fraud detection system.

Biometrics are a catalyst to streamline authentication, though the technology contains a vulnerability that Payfone thinks it can solve with the SIM cards that match consumers to a computing device such as a smartphone.

Discover Financial Services has certified payments testing software provider Acquirer Systems to provide EMV service for its customers in U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Any merchants or businesses handling payment and other sensitive data while using a Windows Server 2003 network will need to take precautions when Microsoft ends it support for that platform on July 14.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts' payment systems were infiltrated earlier this year, potentially exposing cardholder data, the entertainment and resort company disclosed July 10.

In today’s fast-paced, digital age, when smartphones are “outdated” six months after they’re released, nothing stays the same for long, and that includes payments fraud.