On Wednesday, Shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), gained 2.37% to $32.80. 75.95 million shares of the company were exchanged.
Intel® Security released The Hidden Data Economy report, which provides examples of how different types of stolen data are being packaged and offering prices for each type of data. Intel Security Group’s McAfee Labs organization examined pricing for stolen credit and debit card data, bank account login credentials, stealth bank transfer services, online payment service login credentials, premium content service login credentials, enterprise network login credentials, hospitality loyalty account login credentials, and online auction account login credentials.
Over the years, the McAfee Labs team has worked with IT security vendors, law enforcement and others to identify and evaluate numerous websites, chat rooms, and other online platforms, communities, and marketplaces where stolen data is bought and sold. Drawing on this experience, its researchers can now provide an overall assessment of the “state of the cybercrime economy” together with illustrations of key types and prices of data.
Payment cards
Payment card data is perhaps the most well-known data type stolen and sold. McAfee Labs researchers found a value hierarchy in how this stolen data is packaged, priced and sold in the dark market. A basic offering comprises a software-generated, valid number that combines a primary account number (PAN), an expiration date and a CVV2 number. Sellers refer to a valid number combination as a “Random.” Valid credit card number generators can be purchased or found for free online.
Intel Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. It operates through PC Client Group, Data Center Group, Internet of Things Group, Mobile and Communications Group, Software and Services, and All Other segments.
Shares of Xerox Corp (NYSE:XRX), declined -2.69% to $10.13, during its last trading session.
Xerox (XRX) offered an update regarding the planned direction of its government healthcare business, specifically addressing the implementation of its Health Enterprise Medicaid platform in California and Montana.
Late in the third quarter, talk about took place with clients in California and Montana regarding the status and scope of current Health Enterprise platform projects, which evolved to comprise options to not fully complete the projects. Based on those talk about, Xerox believes it is probable that it will not fully complete the implementation of the platform in these states. Xerox anticipates to continue to process Medicaid claims using the existing legacy systems, thus providing uninterrupted service for the states’ healthcare providers and constituents.
Xerox remains committed to the implementation and ongoing operation of the Health Enterprise platform for its other state clients. In addition, the company will continue to provide other innovative government healthcare solutions to the 35 states and their citizens whom it serves. Xerox has a diverse portfolio of healthcare solutions and will focus on the more profitable market segments from which it derives over two thirds of its current government healthcare revenues.
Xerox Corporation provides business process and document administration solutions worldwide. The company’s Services segment offers various business process outsourcing services, such as customer care, transaction processing, human resources, communication and marketing, and consulting and analytics services, in addition to finance, accounting, and procurement services.
Finally, Shares of Lloyds Banking Group PLC (ADR) (NYSE:LYG), ended its last trade with 0.44% gain, and closed at $4.61.
The stock, after recent close, is -3.73% below their SMA 50 and -0.84% from SMA20 and is -5.83% below than SMA200. 1.20% shares of the company were owned by institutional investors. The company has 3.68 value in price to sale ratio while price to book ratio was recorded as 1.14. It beta stands at 1.47.
Hargreaves Lansdown Plc, the British retail broker founded in 1981, jumped after reporting a 47 percent surge in net new business inflows for its fiscal first quarter and clients signaled interest in a share sale of Lloyds Banking Group Plc next year, according to Bloomberg.
The shares raised 4.1 percent to 1,336 pence at 10:16 a.m. in London, the biggest intraday gain since Sept. 9, after the firm said it won 1.4 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) of net new money in the three months through September from a year earlier, according to a statement on Wednesday. The number of clients using its trading platform rose by 24,000.
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has pledged to build a “share owning democracy” in the U.K. with a plan to offer about 2 billion pounds of Lloyds to individuals in early 2016. Retail brokers such as Hargreaves Lansdown have benefited from past privatizations counting the initial public offering of Royal Mail Plc in 2013.
The company’s net revenue rose 11 percent to 78.5 million pounds in the period. The Bristol-based firm said in the statement it won about 3,000 clients and about 100 million pounds of new business in a three-month period two years ago from the Royal Mail IPO. Bloomberg Reports
Lloyds Banking Group plc provides a range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Retail, Commercial Banking, Consumer Finance, Insurance, and TSB.
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