Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre. Please read our Privacy Policy.
Operation Waking Shark 2 is due to take place in Britain in mid-November and although it may sound like something from an episode of Homeland, it is in fact a serious test of Britain’s financial servi...
Honesty is the best policy, right? I’ve spent my life being honest, and do you know what is the most important lesson I’ve learned is? The truth hurts. And when you (meaning me too) says it like it is...
Just about anything wireless is hackable today. Everything—from PCs to mobiles to tablets to home automation devices to pacemakers to insulin dispensers and even cars—are hackable. And now “smart” toi...
The uber rich have many reasons to invest in uber security. I met a woman who won a $300 million lottery, and she had some unfortunate stories about how low people go to get at and to moneyed individu...
A chat with Hugues Thiebeauld, UK Security Lab. Manager at UL Security Technologies, on specificity of Certifications for New Payment “With the success of new technology in the payments space largel...
Bankers hold hope that one day improvements in technology will grind fraud to a halt. No doubt this is the right target, but worldwide banking fraud currently tops $120bn - more than New Zealand’s GDP...
Business or commercial identity theft happens when thieves use an existing business’ name to get credit, or they may bill a business’ clients for products and services. Sometimes the Social Security n...
Next month the UK Government is launching one of the most extensive cyber threat exercises, which will test how prepared financial systems are to survive a sustained online attack. The move comes af...
The new world between 2030 –2050 recalls past transition points—such as 1815, 1919, 1945, or 1989. In this world will exist an absence of global power. The hegemonic power will shift to networks and...
When ATM vendors got behind Windows XP as a replacement for IBM’s OS/2 as it neared the end of its shelf life 10 years ago, there was a predictable flurry of concern. And instinctively, the concerns m...
Pause for thought…….quiz time. Can you remember who topped the UK charts on the 14th February 2006? Now, can you also remember what was the main business driver behind the UK’s move to the EMV standar...
Identity theft is first and foremost a problem because we rely on numerical identifiers that attach humans to credit and a variety of services. Once a criminal gets hold of those identifiers, he can s...