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The cyber security threat landscape in financial services

Insights on Business

Gary Meshell, WW Leader Financial Services, IBM Security, opened his IBM Think 2019 talk, How Financial Services Companies Should Respond to Cyber Security Attacks with a bold assertion and truism. IBM and TD Bank jointly developed cyber security incident response solution for the financial services industry.

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UK's National Cyber Security Centre fights payment card fraud

The Paypers

(Telecompaper) The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) , Britain's cyber-defence centre has prevented more than one million cases of suspected payment card fraud in 2018, its annual review reveals.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

PYMNTS

But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat.

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FBI Charges Russian National With Running Online Hacker Marketplace

PYMNTS

A Russian national believed to be behind the Deer.io was first exposed as a nest of cybercrime activity in a now removed Digital Shadows report from 2016, according to ZDNet , and those in-tune with cyber-security issues were not shocked to hear of Firsov’s arrest. He was active on cybercrime forums, advertising Deer.io

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Pragmatism and the unwitting fraudster

Matt Wilcox Pro

With National Cyber Security Month upon us in three days, now seems like a good time to revisit the topic of cyber fraud. But rather than focus on the technically proficient cyber-criminal, today I shall focus on people who unwittingly obtain undeserved credits and refunds, aka friendly fraud.

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4 considerations for banking leaders concerned about cyber security

NCR

Last month was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative to provide consumers with the information they need to stay safe online, so in the wake of this, it is a good time for banks to consider whether all possible steps are being taken to protect their customers in our digitally connected world. Customer Responsibility.

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State-Backed Hackers Playing On COVID-19 Fears, US And UK Warn

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The amount of fraud , scams and misinformation amid the coronavirus pandemic has spread widely in the past month. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to roil the U.S. and the U.K., a wave of new cyberattacks appears to be taking advantage of the situation in both countries, according to a Reuters report.