Fraud & Security

14 Mar 18 @ 15:25

That scammers are buying and selling your stolen personal info on the dark web and it’s not just credit card details is not new. However, with hacked dating profiles, streaming... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 15:53

The Global Shadow Banking Monitoring Report 2017 presents the results of the FSB’s annual monitoring exercise to assess global trends and risks from the shadow banking system. The 2017 monitoring exercise covers... read more

12 Mar 18 @ 14:40

In our increasingly connected world, Mobile World Congress has become more than the venue for the latest smartphone launches. The conversations and demonstrations in Barcelona now have a profound impact... read more

05 Mar 18 @ 18:33

Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking Trojans. This is according to... read more

26 Feb 18 @ 10:12

There has been an increasing amount of fraud perpetrated against Zelle, the mobile P2P platform running on faster payments rails and backed by the biggest banks in the US. The scam... read more

19 Feb 18 @ 16:52

Cybercrime is on the rise, successful breaches per company each year has risen more than 27%, from an average of 102 to 130. Ransomware attacks alone have doubled in frequency,... read more

15 Feb 18 @ 12:38

Thousands of government websites around the world have been hijacked to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. A commonly-used accessibility script was hacked to inject the Coinhive miner into official sites in... read more

08 Feb 18 @ 17:43

36 cybercriminals have been indicted in connection with an international identity theft ring known as a “one-stop shop for cybercrime” that sold stolen payment card information on the dark web,... read more

08 Feb 18 @ 17:32

Researchers at global cybersecurity firm Forcepoint have discovered a new piece of POS malware – the first in nearly two years – that primarily targets transactions at hotels and restaurants. In the current era of mass... read more

07 Feb 18 @ 14:22

The 2018 Identity Fraud Study released by Javelin Strategy & Research, revealed that the number of identity fraud victims increased by 8% (rising to 16.7 million US consumers) in the last year,... read more

06 Feb 18 @ 16:53

Cybercrime continues to grow and evolve, taking new forms and directions. It is also beginning to converge with serious and organised crime, supported by a professional underground economy of skills... read more

06 Feb 18 @ 09:32

According to Reuters: “Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday it had ordered all cyrptocurrency exchanges to submit a report on their system risk management, following the hacking of over half... read more