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Five Key Steps to Defend Your Organisation From Harmful Phishing Attacks
Date: August 18, 2022
By Chris Watkins, Head of Security, Ultima Some of the worst cybercrimes have taken place because of a tiny flaw. Cybercriminals rely on this flaw in an organisation’s security defences – commonly the employees themselves – to launch their attack. You only need to look at the number and scale of phishing attacks taking place every...
Reprogramming the Enterprise: How IT Teams Aim to Keep Pace With Demand
Date: August 12, 2022
By Ricardo Diniz, GM & VP UK&I and Southern Europe, WS02 Over the past two decades, the role of IT in the enterprise has shifted from peripheral to strategic. Businesses are now digital-first and technology plays an integral role in driving innovation, differentiation, and sharpening the competitive edge. The past two years have not only...
Cross-Sector Action Needed to Tackle App Fraud Epidemic
Date: August 11, 2022
UK Finances’ 2021 fraud report revealed a staggering increase in online payment fraud. To tackle this fraud epidemic, we need to focus more on digital identity, argues Martin Wilson, CEO of OneID®. According to the 2021 Fraud Report from UK Finance, APP fraud accounted for £583.2m of stolen funds, close to 50% of the £1.3 billion of losses...
Keeping up With the Times: Why eCommerce Businesses Need to Prioritise Their Fraud Prevention and Detection Transformation
Date: August 8, 2022
By T.R Newcomb, VP of Strategy & Corporate Development at Riskified The past few years have turned shopping trends on their head as consumers and merchants were forced to move largely online. This subsequently led to e-commerce sales soaring and retailers having to rapidly expand and digitally transform their online businesses to meet the new...
Man Charged Under Britain’s Treason Act Over Christmas Day Incident at Queen’s Home
Date: August 2, 2022
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – A man arrested with a crossbow at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home on Christmas Day last year has been charged with having a weapon with intent to “alarm her Majesty” under Britain’s Treason Act, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, from Southampton in southern England,...
Microsoft Says Austrian Firm Behind Spyware Targeting Law Firms, Banks
Date: July 27, 2022
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) – Security researchers at Microsoft have said an Austrian firm was behind a string of digital intrusions at banks, law firms and strategic consultancies in at least three countries. The firm, DSIRF, developed spyware – malicious software designed to spy on or steal information from a target’s device – called...