Massive amount of cash, large transaction volume and multiple access channels make banks top priority targets for cyber criminals. As financial institutions get better at defending, attackers get better at hacking. For instance in the first quarter of this year, more than 947,027,517 malicious attacks were identified by Kaspersky from online points in 203 countries. It detected PC-malware […]

IBM IBV recently surveyed 500 bank executives and found that only 16% respondents said their infrastructure can detect security breach as they occur while 81% can only detect new patterns after 4 weeks, implying that many financial institutions are struggling to adjust to the changing threat landscape. Additionally, the capacity to connect criminal activities across multiple channels and […]

Ovum recently surveyed 226 bank representatives;, 65% stated that their payment systems require major upgrade or replacement in the next 3 years. The payment landscape around the world is changing due to the need to meet increasing customer demands, domestic and regional level regulation, payment infrastructure changes, value-added service delivery and the potential of revenue generation such […]

Cyber-criminals continue to evolve with tricks and turns aimed especially at financial transactions. Incidents, like the WannaCry and Petya ransomware scams, also indicated continuous vulnerabilities in worldwide financial online security, costing banks and FIs about USD 360 billion yearly in the last three years, the Global Banking and Finance Review states. The first half of 2018 saw 81 […]