cyberattacks

Financial Scams Against UK Consumers, Biz Up 16 Pct

Financial Scams Against UK Consumers, Biz Up 16 Pct
Financial Scams Against UK Consumers, Biz Up 16 Pct
March 21, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Financial scams perpetrated against U.K. households and companies increased 16 percent in 2018, according to new data. The Financial Times, citing the trade body UK...

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Report: BEC Fraud Increasingly Goes Mobile
Report: BEC Fraud Increasingly Goes Mobile
March 21, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

The wiles and ways of scammers to part businesses from their money continue to proliferate, and continue to use technology as a springboard to trick...

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Report Finds CEO Pay Rises After Data Breach
Report Finds CEO Pay Rises After Data Breach
March 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

A new research report from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick has found evidence that corporate cyberattacks lead to higher profits for chief...

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Citi: Global Payments In Crosshairs Of Treasurers’ Biggest Challenges
Citi: Global Payments In Crosshairs Of Treasurers’ Biggest Challenges
March 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Volatile times make for sleepless nights for corporate executives, particularly those whose job it is to manage the cash positions of their organizations. For corporate...

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Bitcoin Daily: France Bans Anonymous Crypto; Australia Cracks Down On Crypto Drug Trafficking
Bitcoin Daily: France Bans Anonymous Crypto; Australia Cracks Down On Crypto Drug Trafficking
March 10, 2019  |  Bitcoin

The Finance Committee in France released a report that calls for the ban of certain cryptocurrencies that enable anonymous transactions. “We must be aware of...

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Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
Kaspersky: Mobile Malware Attacks Doubled In 2018
March 05, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

A new report by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based cybersecurity and anti-virus company, has revealed that attacks on mobile devices with malware doubled from 66.4 million...

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Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hackers Siphoned Money From Several FIs
Microsoft: State-Sponsored Hackers Siphoned Money From Several FIs
March 01, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Microsoft’s lastest cybersecurity report has revealed that state-sponsored hackers have attacked several financial services firms, managing to steal “large sums of cash.” According to Bloomberg,...

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Symantec: Formjacking Is Cybercriminals’ Newest Scam
Symantec: Formjacking Is Cybercriminals’ Newest Scam
February 20, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

With cybercriminals not making as much from ransomware and cryptojacking, they have been focusing more on a strategy called “formjacking” to raise cash. That’s according...

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