Cyber Security

13 Dec 16 @ 14:10

Companies are faced with a two-fold problem: protecting their data from those who have access to it from the inside, and from those who exploit the human factor to access... read more

02 Dec 16 @ 15:47

The Avalanche online crime network, used to target online bank customers with phishing and spam emails, has been dismantled after a four-year investigation by EU law enforcement agency Europol. Avalanche... read more

02 Dec 16 @ 15:31

Police have shut down a fake credit card factory used to supply bank cards to criminals across Europe. Gabriel Yew, 45, was one of three men to be sent down... read more

01 Dec 16 @ 13:03

The words to the infamous Notorious B.I.G’s ‘90’s hit may be a spurious lead, but stay with me. Buyer remorse is set to turn Black Friday into Blue Monday for... read more

28 Nov 16 @ 16:52

In a very good blog, originally posted on Withoutfire.com, John Elliott, a payments / privacy / cyber security / risk specialist has some very interesting views and theories on the Tesco... read more

25 Nov 16 @ 10:58

We live in a world with a transactional data landscape. Every minute of every day, simply by going about our normal day-to-day activities, we are generating information through the payments... read more

24 Nov 16 @ 09:45

As the dreaded Black Friday draws nearer, iovation is predicting a significant increase in CNP fraud – fraudulent transactions where a credit card is not physically presented to a merchant... read more

23 Nov 16 @ 09:23

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has brought forward proposals for how it will implement what is called strong customer authentication (SCA). Visa has warned that new European rules on e-commerce... read more

15 Nov 16 @ 09:29

Human fallibility is now one of the biggest risks that banks and financial institutions must manage in mobile financial services (MFS), according to a new report from the Risk Mitigation... read more

09 Nov 16 @ 12:34

Contactless card fraud has made headlines this year. In this post we take a look at some of the key myths and offer explanation to the realities. No. 1 myth: ... read more

07 Nov 16 @ 11:33

US fraud levels are rising across all payment card products, according to First Annapolis’ semi-annual survey of major card issuers, but changes in fraud write-offs vary by product. Survey results1... read more

04 Nov 16 @ 13:35

A new Android malware Trojan has surfaced and is ripping through the entire banking sector in the US and Europe by appearing as a Flash Player App. The Android malware... read more