Cyber Security

10 Dec 19 @ 12:02

In 2020, financial threats motivated by cyber actors may start to target investment apps, online financial data processing systems and upcoming cryptocurrencies, along with providing paid access to banks’ infrastructures... read more

09 Dec 19 @ 18:00

Driven by the hardening of regulatory frameworks and an increase in prevention techniques, significant improvements in plastic card fraud have been recorded in multiple markets across Europe. For example, the... read more

03 Dec 19 @ 11:21

Cyber attack — the words alone can be enough to incite panic. Between a lack of understanding and media sensationalism, any mention of cyber attacks brings to mind catastrophic levels... read more

26 Nov 19 @ 09:31

As giant boxes of cash, it’s understandable that ATMs are magnets for nefarious activity. Like many other forms of financially motivated crime, malicious activity against ATMs is supported by an... read more

25 Nov 19 @ 15:35

As Black Friday continues to grow in popularity, online shoppers are more likely to be the victim of cyber-attacks, a new report from Kaspersky has revealed. E-commerce attacks targeted directly... read more

22 Nov 19 @ 09:26

Research from Santander and former fraudster Tony Sales has exposed the dangerous hashtags on social media being used by criminals to recruit innocent – and particularly young – people into... read more

13 Nov 19 @ 18:35

The ecosystem for stolen credit card information comes in several varieties, ranging from low-tier markets selling recycled cards from past breaches, to those at the top tier, with unused card data that... read more

08 Nov 19 @ 10:55

This week, SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association), held the fifth in its series of exercises meant to simulate a catastrophic cybersecurity event in the banking sector, known as... read more

07 Nov 19 @ 10:44

Fraud increased 30% overall in Q3 2019 and bot-driven account registration fraud is up 70% as cybercriminals test stolen credentials in advance of the holiday retail season. The Q4 Fraud... read more

05 Nov 19 @ 13:47

The 10th of January 2020 marks the date that the banking and payments industry cannot afford to ignore. It is the date the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) will become... read more

28 Oct 19 @ 17:06

Senior executives, commentators and analysts all agree – a workable digital identity is key to next-generation payments. Without functioning digital ID, the payments revolution will stall. But as state-sponsored national... read more

25 Oct 19 @ 09:20

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a division of intelligence agency GCHQ, 2019 report revealed that the scheme Operation Haulster automatically flagged details of more than 1 million stolen credit... read more