Cyber Security

06 Apr 17 @ 17:17

Security scans performed on 60,000 Magento websites, the most popular e-commerce platform, show that 78% are missing critical security patches, while 5% are confirmed to have payment card data harvesting... read more

04 Apr 17 @ 11:54

The 2016 Breach Level Index Report has been published revealing that cyber criminals managed 1,792 data breaches leading to almost 1.4 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase... read more

03 Apr 17 @ 13:08

The UK’s FCA has set out measures to tackle contactless card fraud on contactless cards which have been reported lost or stolen. In a letter to the Treasury select committee, the... read more

28 Mar 17 @ 12:16

The latest Threat Intelligence Report reveals a new all-time high in mobile device malware infections, a sharp increase in compromised smartphones and major IoT device security vulnerabilities. Issued twice per year, the... read more

27 Mar 17 @ 12:42

The surge in Bitcoin price has led to an uptick in related crimes during the first three weeks of March, just as the cryptocurrency was moving to integrate into conventional... read more

22 Mar 17 @ 09:19

Cyber security, in particular mobile data security is a big issue. Recent Wikileaks claims of the C.I.A. hacking smartphones have once again brought the issue of mobile security to the forefront. In... read more

20 Mar 17 @ 14:43

Trend Micro has warned of a new POS malware dubbed MagikPOS, that is being used to attack POS systems belonging to businesses in the US and Canada. The MagikPOS malware... read more

10 Mar 17 @ 09:25

CAST, a software risk prevention and analysis outfit, has revealed the findings of its latest CRASH report, the world’s largest real-life study of software quality in enterprise applications. The report exposes that... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 15:52

If the world seemed dangerous from a financial crime perspective last year, analytics firm FICO predict an even more challenging 2017. In a new paper, four of the leaders in... read more

08 Mar 17 @ 09:31

Verifone is reportedly investigating a breach of its internal computer networks that appears to have impacted a number of companies running its POS solutions, according to sources. Verifone says the extent of the... read more

02 Mar 17 @ 17:02

The payments industry is ever-evolving and, with it, the terminology used to describe it. With the Mastercard PERIODIC TABLE OF PAYMENTS, you don’t have to be a financial genius to... read more

27 Feb 17 @ 13:53

Tough rules laid down by New York’s state regulator will see senior executives at some of the world’s biggest banks and insurers vouch for their companies’ resilience to cyber attacks.... read more