Cyber Crime

05 Aug 22 @ 10:28

Cybersecurity firm SonicWall has released new data that shows that hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with cryptojacking attacks designed to use their computer... read more

04 Jul 22 @ 12:28

Ransomware detections in Q1 of this year doubled the total volume reported for 2021, according to the latest quarterly Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab. Researchers also found... read more

29 Jun 22 @ 12:56

In 2021, Netacea published its Cost of Bots report. We already knew bots were a nuisance to both businesses and their customers—buying up stock, sniping auctions, scraping con and so... read more

29 Jun 22 @ 12:33

UK Finance has released its latest fraud report covering 2021. The report shows the scale of fraud taking place as well as how criminals took advantage of people’s doubts and... read more

27 Jun 22 @ 09:46

Bottomline has revealed that the shift to hybrid working has left businesses seriously exposed to insider fraud[1], with over half of businesses (52% in GB and 63% in the US)... read more

22 Jun 22 @ 13:21

As fraud attempts and cyber-security incidents continue to rise, more and better Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions are being touted as the solution. But does AI deliver on its promise? Two... read more

15 Jun 22 @ 17:24

The world is going mobile. And so too is Fraud. Global smartphone ownership rose sharply from 49% in 2016 to 83% in 2022, equating to 6.64 billion people owning a... read more

19 May 22 @ 14:39

The 2022 NICE Actimize Fraud Insights Report identifies and analyses the leading fraud threats and patterns that impacted leading global financial institutions in 2021. Noting that banking fraud continues to... read more

28 Apr 22 @ 17:12

If you have been following the cybercrime landscape for the past year or so, you may have read about the Conti ransomware group – one of the largest organised crime... read more

25 Apr 22 @ 17:30

The Modern Bank Heists report, which annually takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders to provide executives with a ground truth on the changing behaviour... read more

12 Apr 22 @ 13:01

According to a new report commissioned by IBM, geographies and generations differ greatly in the frequency and impact of financial fraud, as well as their attitudes toward fraud detection and... read more

23 Mar 22 @ 10:34

Unauthorised financial fraud losses across payment cards, remote banking and cheques totalled £783.8 million in 2020 according to a report by UK Finance, the industry body. In addition, UK Finance... read more