Topic: payment security
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Mastercard Launches AI-Powered Fraud Defense Tool
Mastercard has launched Threat Intelligence, an AI-powered platform that combines payment fraud data with cyber threat intelligence to provide real-time insights for preventing fraud before transactions are completed. The platform addresses the overlap between cybercrime and payment fraud by enab...
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Google's New Protocol Secures AI Agent Deals, Backed by 60 Firms
Google has launched the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open standard backed by over 60 companies to ensure secure and reliable AI-driven transactions. AP2 uses cryptographically signed Mandates to authorize purchases with user consent, supporting various payment methods and ensuring accountabi...
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API Incidents Surge: 40,000+ Reported in First Half of 2025
The first half of 2025 saw over 40,000 API incidents, with APIs becoming a prime target for sophisticated automated attacks despite representing a small part of the attack surface. A record-breaking 15 million requests-per-second DDoS attack targeted a financial services API, using botnets that m...
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7 Essential Steps for Small Businesses to Thrive with AI
Agentic commerce is transforming online retail by using AI assistants to handle purchasing, shifting consumer behavior from active shopping to delegated decision-making. Small businesses must adapt by optimizing their digital presence with structured, consistent, and comprehensive product data to...
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Tap-to-Pay: The Future of Public Transit?
The transition to tap-to-pay systems using near-field communication technology is modernizing public transit, replacing older methods like magnetic-stripe cards and tokens for faster, more convenient access. Despite benefits, the shift raises equity concerns for low-income riders without bank acc...
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WSUS Flaw Exploited, BIND 9 PoC Published in Security Review
The digital security landscape is rapidly evolving with emerging threats like biometric innovations such as EarID for identity verification and critical infrastructure risks in healthcare and smart homes, requiring proactive defense strategies. New tools and vulnerabilities are shaping cybersecur...
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PayPal & OpenAI: Shop Directly in ChatGPT
Starting in 2026, PayPal will integrate with OpenAI's Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, allowing users to make purchases directly within the AI interface using the Agentic Commerce Protocol. PayPal will offer its wallet as a payment method in ChatGPT, providing buyer and seller protection, dispute res...
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Visa Launches First Local Cloud for Payments in Saudi Arabia
Visa has launched its first locally hosted cloud payments infrastructure in Saudi Arabia to support the country's digital economy goals under Saudi Vision 2030. The platform enables faster, more secure payment processing for businesses and will soon support recurring digital wallet transactions a...
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Asahi Data Breach Exposes 1.5 Million Customers
Asahi Group Holdings confirmed a September cyberattack affected about 1.9 million individuals, exposing personal details like names, addresses, and contact information, but no financial data was compromised. The Qilin ransomware group claimed responsibility, releasing stolen data samples after th...
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Telr & Kema Launch UAE B2B Payment Revolution
Telr and Kema have formed a strategic partnership to transform B2B financial operations for SMEs by combining Telr's payment infrastructure with Kema's SaaS solutions for automated cash flow management. The collaboration provides Kema's merchants access to Telr's secure, multi-currency payment to...
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Plex Urges Password Reset Following New Data Breach
Plex is advising all users to reset their passwords immediately after an unauthorized party accessed a restricted database, compromising email addresses, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. The company recommends users change their passwords via a provided link and sign out of all connected...
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Chrome 0-Day Patched, npm Attack, LinkedIn AI Data Scandal
A large majority (89%) of enterprise AI usage is undetected by IT and security teams, posing significant data privacy and compliance risks. Security experts emphasize the importance of engineering-driven protection and secure-by-design approaches over mere compliance checkboxes. Emerging threats ...
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Under Armour Confirms Data Breach Investigation
Under Armour is investigating a major alleged data breach, with a cybercriminal group claiming to have leaked 72 million customer records containing personal and purchase information. The company, working with cybersecurity experts, disputes the scale and nature of the leak, stating there is no e...
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Coupang Data Breach Exposes 33.7 Million Customers
A massive data breach at South Korea's Coupang compromised the personal details of an estimated 33.7 million customers, with the intrusion occurring in June 2025 but not being detected until nearly five months later. The exposed data includes names, contact information, and order history, but not...
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