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Marriott International facing $123 million GDPR fine data breach

10 Jul 19 @ 10:52

Marriott International Hotel group has become the second firm to face a GDPR fine as the UK regulator continues to bear down on companies that fail to protect data. The... read more

New variants of Russian mobile Banking Trojan Riltok go international

10 Jul 19 @ 10:44

Kaspersky researchers have discovered that the money-stealing mobile malware, Riltok has launched new variants and is extending its targeting from Russia to the rest of the world, starting with Europe,... read more

Payment card fraud funding terrorism and other transnational crimes

01 Jul 19 @ 06:18

Researchers at the premier dark web data intelligence company, Terbium Labs, have released the findings of new research that examines the deeply intertwined nature of payment card fraud and transnational crime. Results... read more

Report: Adapting to the new reality of evolving cloud threats

25 Jun 19 @ 11:05

While Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application usage is proliferating, and workloads are increasingly migrating to Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) like AWS and Azure, on-premises applications, storage, and private clouds persist. The... read more

New annual figures show UK fraud continues to rise

19 Jun 19 @ 16:25

Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service, has released an alarming picture of fraud in the UK with the release of  Fraudscape, the annual publication of its data that identifies and... read more

Malicious mobile banking trojans grew by 58% in Q1 2019

28 May 19 @ 17:14

Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a worrying rise in mobile banking trojans and malware designed to steal credentials and money from users’ bank accounts: in Q1 2019, researchers found 29,841... read more

European companies feel safer from but spending less on data security

23 May 19 @ 12:08

Digital transformation (DX) is fundamentally impacting the global economy and so is the changing face of data security, and Europe is no exception. Digital transformation facilitates new and transformative ways... read more

If cryptocurrencies are so safe – why do they keep getting hacked?

14 May 19 @ 11:40

As well as a raft of other high profile thefts of cryptocurrencies in the last few years, hackers recently stole $40 million worth of bitcoin from Binance, one of the... read more

Cost of a data breach study – Global overview

07 May 19 @ 11:34

IBM Security and Ponemon Institute have released the 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview. This year it conducted interviews with more than 2,200 IT, data protection, and compliance... read more

Report: The progressing threats of global cybersecurity

30 Apr 19 @ 12:10

Trustwave has released the 2019 Trustwave Global Security Report, which reveals the top cybersecurity threats, breaches by industry and cybercrime trends from 2018. The report is based on the analysis... read more

Social media: The new public square for fraudsters

26 Apr 19 @ 15:21

Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke perhaps one of the most memorable references to social media when he dubbed it the new “public square.”  It is true that social media has... read more

Genesis: The underground e-shop with digital doppelgangers to bypass anti-fraud solutions

15 Apr 19 @ 12:53

Kaspersky Lab has published the results of an investigation into Genesis, an e-shop that is trading over 60,000 digital doppelgangers, stolen and legitimate digital identities, making successful credit card fraud that much... read more

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Global Banks set ground rules for Agentic Commerce as Fraud and Liability risks rise

27 Sep 26 @ 18:53

Six major banks have joined forces to establish principles for trusted agentic commerce, warning that the rapid adoption of AI shopping agents could outpace exi... more

Mastercard and BVNK Launch Platform Linking Fiat and Stablecoin Payments

20 Oct 26 @ 09:06

Mastercard has launched a new platform with BVNK that brings fiat currencies and stablecoins together through a single API, marking the first major integration ... more

UK Banks complete first live transactions using Tokenised Deposits

27 Sep 26 @ 18:52

Seven major UK financial institutions have completed the first live customer transactions using tokenised sterling deposits, marking an important step in Britai... more