Cyber Security

22 May 24 @ 08:54

ID Crypt Global says that to combat the rapid rise in deepfake technology interfering with life in the real world, the Fraud Detection Software sector has grown by almost 200%... read more

14 May 24 @ 17:13

Verizon Business has released the findings of its 17th-annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which analysed a record-high 30,458 security incidents and 10,626 confirmed breaches in 2023—a two-fold increase over... read more

10 May 24 @ 12:51

Kaspersky has released its annual Financial Threats Report for 2023, offering a detailed analysis of the evolving financial cyberthreat landscape. The report reveals significant increases in mobile banking malware and... read more

02 May 24 @ 10:18

The Dark Web garnered massive amounts of headlines a few years ago when the enormity of its size was first made publicly aware. Also the amount of unscrupulous criminal activity... read more

01 May 24 @ 16:16

Nearly 70% of the 600 fraud-management, anti-money laundering, and risk and compliance officials surveyed in a new report, AI-focused fraud and financial crime, say criminals are more adept at using artificial... read more

29 Apr 24 @ 15:43

The Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) has announced the formation of a Work Group on Quantum-Safe Cryptography (WG-QSC) across ASEAN, with IBM, HSBC, AP+ and PayPal as founding members. The... read more

17 Apr 24 @ 16:05

Thales has released the 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report, a global analysis of automated bot traffic across the internet. Nearly half (49.6%) of all internet traffic came from bots in... read more

28 Mar 24 @ 18:21

Over 2,000 suspected copycat banking websites masquerading as real banks such as Barclays or HSBC were reported in 2023 as scammers try to part unsuspecting consumers from their money. The... read more

27 Mar 24 @ 19:34

KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security and cybersecurity awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has released its 2024 Security Culture Report. The report examines how security measures really... read more

16 Feb 24 @ 17:10

As we turn our attention to 2024, James Wood says the advent of generative AI is going to create major security headaches for payments companies – amid other problems. In... read more

13 Feb 24 @ 16:40

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data show that US fraud losses were more than $10 billion in 2023 – a 14% increase over reported losses in 2022 – marking the first... read more

29 Jan 24 @ 17:53

While tried and tested cybercrime tactics like phishing and malware are here to stay, there are always new approaches to watch out for in the cybersecurity space. Experian’s 11th annual... read more