Digital-payments provider Wirex says it is working with ZeroFox Holdings Inc., a provider of cybersecurity technology, to incorporate ZeroFox’s Dark Web Monitoring app into its platform. Wirex’s blockchain-based service enables consumers to buy, sell, send, spend, and store fiat and crypto currency through the Wirex digital wallet. ZeroFox’s Dark Web …

Criminals can purchase more than just stolen card account numbers on the so-called dark Web. A recent study by virtual private network provider NordVPN reveals that 51.5% of cards on the dark Web came with addresses, 39.8% came with phone numbers, and 28.7% came with an e-mail address. In addition, …

Mitek Systems Inc., a provider of identity-verification technology, is teaming up with DarkTower, the cyber-intelligence division of Davidson, N.C.-based IT consultancy Queen Associates, to combat account fraud and identity theft. The partnership grew out the increasing role criminal marketplaces on the dark Web are playing in account and check fraud, …

Although the number of stolen credit cards for sale on the dark Web remained steady at around 45 million throughout 2020, some surprising trends emerged when it came to the type of cards for sale and the markets where they originated, says a new report from cybersecurity firm Sixgill. One such …

Much has been written over the years about the seemingly unending succession of data breaches involving credit card and other personal payment data. But little is known about the so-called dark Web, the sites where these data thieves set up shop to sell what they’ve pilfered. It turns out these …

The booming business in gift and other stored-value cards, which represent an increasing share of sales for merchants of all sizes, is beginning to have an ominous side effect for online merchants: a hike in bad debt. The prepaid plastic, which carries a fixed value in cash and can benefit …