Fraud & Security

06 Jan 20 @ 13:28

The Digital Revolution is changing our lives every day, but human nature does not change, and with every technological advance, new crimes emerge. As digital makes deeper inroads into our... read more

09 Dec 19 @ 18:00

Driven by the hardening of regulatory frameworks and an increase in prevention techniques, significant improvements in plastic card fraud have been recorded in multiple markets across Europe. For example, the... read more

03 Dec 19 @ 11:21

Cyber attack — the words alone can be enough to incite panic. Between a lack of understanding and media sensationalism, any mention of cyber attacks brings to mind catastrophic levels... read more

29 Nov 19 @ 09:00

E-commerce sales always explode at Christmas. This year, analysts predict the highest volumes ever for online shopping – and online fraud. Though the EU created SCA to combat online fraud,... read more

28 Nov 19 @ 15:32

Millions of UK credit card customers have fallen victim to credit card fraud over the last year, research from Compare the Market reveals. In the last 12 months, over a... read more

25 Nov 19 @ 15:35

As Black Friday continues to grow in popularity, online shoppers are more likely to be the victim of cyber-attacks, a new report from Kaspersky has revealed. E-commerce attacks targeted directly... read more

22 Nov 19 @ 09:26

Research from Santander and former fraudster Tony Sales has exposed the dangerous hashtags on social media being used by criminals to recruit innocent – and particularly young – people into... read more

13 Nov 19 @ 18:35

The ecosystem for stolen credit card information comes in several varieties, ranging from low-tier markets selling recycled cards from past breaches, to those at the top tier, with unused card data that... read more

08 Nov 19 @ 10:55

This week, SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association), held the fifth in its series of exercises meant to simulate a catastrophic cybersecurity event in the banking sector, known as... read more

07 Nov 19 @ 10:44

Fraud increased 30% overall in Q3 2019 and bot-driven account registration fraud is up 70% as cybercriminals test stolen credentials in advance of the holiday retail season. The Q4 Fraud... read more

06 Nov 19 @ 09:53

UK consumers are keen to use biometric verification in a wide range of circumstances from online shopping and banking to confirming their age at a pub and even voting in... read more

05 Nov 19 @ 15:34

A survey by Compass Plus has revealed that while millennials rely heavily on their mobile phones, they consider them one of the least secure payment methods. The results show that... read more