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Just as we wrote about the Top 5 Cyber Attacks in the Aviation Industry, credit unions have faced similar issues as the target of dedicated cyber criminals. In a recent blog post, we talked about th...
Fraudulent activity surging The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has reported that 5 million fraud offences were committed in the year ending June 2021: A 32% increase compared to 2019. Despite th...
The holiday shopping season is in full swing. Online sales are forecast to hit over £32 billion from mid-November to the end of December 2021. However, it’s not all glad tidings; more online shopping...
Amazon, Google, Azure,...all three public cloud providers were forced to inform their clients and shareholders about vulnerabilities in the software they use and make available to their customers. Nob...
Unsecured systems and processes can be remarkably easy to exploit. Just imagine a banking call centre, where employees process payments on behalf of customers every day. Before the world changed in e...
However you read the facts and motivations behind the Poly Network hack, it was still possible to remove over $600 million in cryptos without anyone being able to stop it. In both cases - Poly Netwo...
How the financial sector is learning lessons from forests to counter cybercrime. When a tree in a forest comes under attack – such as from an animal eating its leaves – it releases hormones and pherom...
How we managed payments only few years ago is now going through a big change on every level. Not only are we seeing the expansion of digital platforms, but also new products like digital wallets and b...
Revenue and profit growth is a welcome outcome for CEO’s — it’s an indicator that business is healthy. But growth can pose a challenge for CISOs for two reasons. Firstly, growth invariably increases
Of the 333,000 items found on the London Transport network each year, around one in ten are mobile phones. And while we may not have all experienced losing this most treasured of items, we can empath...
By combining fraudulent theft with cyber tactics, Synthetic Identity Fraud (SIF) has emerged as the fastest-growing financial crime. How big is the problem? Based on insights from our Cyber Fraud Net...
The ability to buy goods and pay the merchant back over time is literally ancient, perhaps 5000 years old, but it is only in the last few years that Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) apps have made deferring...