Cyber Security

17 Aug 18 @ 12:05

Ransomware attacks have doubled since last year and become a key cybersecurity threat for organisations globally, warns Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report. Ransomware locks computers or encrypts files and... read more

14 Aug 18 @ 13:34

Cifas, the UK fraud prevention service, has released new figures showing that identity fraud has fallen for the first time since 2014. Figures show a 5% drop in the first six... read more

06 Aug 18 @ 13:08

Markets across Europe have made significant gains in the fight against card fraud, specifically in France and the UK, which achieved 6% and 8% reductions. Despite this, losses across the... read more

02 Aug 18 @ 14:04

The news today is full of stories about financial damage caused by the dark web, cyber crime and hacker attacks against organisations, or about hundreds of thousands of user accounts... read more

27 Jul 18 @ 11:19

An Android banking Trojan source code, named Exobot, has been released online, causing the malware to circulate widely on the dark web. Called Exobot, the malware targets Android users via malicious... read more

27 Jul 18 @ 10:41

By 2020, nearly all smart devices including mobile phones, tablets and wearables will have some form of biometrics security enablement. By the same time, personal banking through mobile apps will... read more

26 Jul 18 @ 11:54

A Chinese hacking and cybercrime group nicknamed “Red Apollo” last year launched one of the largest ever sustained global cyber espionage campaigns. Rather than attacking companies directly, it targeted cloud... read more

13 Jul 18 @ 10:27

With new EU regulations coming into place next September, Mastercard is predicting a significant increase in the use of biometric technology to authenticate who is paying. With regards to card... read more

04 Jul 18 @ 17:25

Clearing up the mess left behind by fraudsters is a serious challenge and sees financial institutions having to absorb the monetary and logistical damage of card payment fraud daily. Meanwhile,... read more

22 Jun 18 @ 11:05

Vectra has released in-depth analysis that many global financial services organisations are targeted by sophisticated cyberattackers exhibiting the same attacker behaviours that Led to the 2017 Equifax Breach. As part of key findings in... read more

22 Jun 18 @ 09:58

Having splashed out $2.2 billion on iZettle, PayPal is continuing its spending spree on new technology with the acquisition of Simility, a fraud prevention and risk management platform, for a purchase... read more

18 Jun 18 @ 13:47

Global adoption of real-time payments systems has soared in recent years, enabling consumers to transfer money between accounts instantly, but also irrevocably. In November 2017 the Eurozone launched its cross-border,... read more