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Apple plans to build its own financial infrastructure for payments and lending
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Apple plans to build its own financial infrastructure for payments and lending

Enlarge / The featureless, very Apple-like physical Apple Card. (credit: Apple) Apple plans to build its own in-house technology and infrastructure for financial services, according to a Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter. The initiative is internally codenamed "Breakout" as an allusion to the idea of users breaking free from the current…

IT giant Globant discloses hack after Lapsus$ leaks 70GB of stolen data
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IT giant Globant discloses hack after Lapsus$ leaks 70GB of stolen data

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) IT and software development firm Globant said in a statement Wednesday that it experienced a network breach. The statement appeared to confirm claims made by Lapsus$, a group that has successfully compromised Microsoft, Nvidia, Okta, and other victims in recent weeks. Lapsus$ is a relative newcomer to the data-extortion scene. While…

With a second booster now authorized for some, the question is when to get it [Updated]
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With a second booster now authorized for some, the question is when to get it [Updated]

Enlarge / A health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly resident at Ichilov medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Update 3/29/2022, 4 pm ET: Swiftly following authorization from the Food and Drug Administration earlier Tuesday, the Centers for Disease…

FTC sues Intuit in bid to stop “deceptive” ads that claim TurboTax is free
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FTC sues Intuit in bid to stop “deceptive” ads that claim TurboTax is free

Enlarge / TurboTax products sit on display at Costco on January 28, 2016, in Foster City, California. (credit: Getty Images | Kimberly White ) The Federal Trade Commission sued Intuit on Monday, alleging that it deceptively advertises "free" tax filing with TurboTax. Intuit's deceptive tactics pushed customers toward paid products—even in cases where they were…

Lapsus$ and SolarWinds hackers both use the same old trick to bypass MFA
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Lapsus$ and SolarWinds hackers both use the same old trick to bypass MFA

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a core defense that is among the most effective at preventing account takeovers. In addition to requiring that users provide a username and password, MFA ensures they must also use an additional factor—be it a fingerprint, physical security key, or one-time password—before they can access an account.…