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Two security flaws in the Google Wallet have been revealed in the last few days, highlighting the vulnerability of this technology. First zvelo showed how your Google Wallet PIN could be hacked using...
Today's the day. Finovate Europe 2012 has arrived and I’ve just completed my demo. Today is proving to be a fantastic showcase for innovation happening throughout the financial services industry. And ...
Fraud is a problem. CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, noted a 9% increase in overall fraud from 2010 to 2011. Startlingly, there was an 18% rise in facility takeover fraud –when a criminal ob...
Advances in smartphone technology have already changed the way we live, allowing us to do so much more on our phones. However, mobile payments, mobile banking and the data stored on our phones present...
A lot of people talk to me about two-factor authentication (2FA) as if it was a security panacea. But what about in the case of Man-in-the-Middle or Man-in-the-Browser attacks, or (as discussed in my ...
Many of us will have come back from the extended holiday period ready to start the New Year with a bang, only to realise that we’ve forgotten our computer password and can’t do anything until the IT d...