Fraud
APCERT completes drill on evolving threats and financial fraud
The Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) said it has successfully completed its annual drill to test the response capability of leading Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) from the region.
Fintech and fraud, like a horse and carriage
Fintech players should be cautious, because the increasing digitalisation of the financial services industry brings with it an extra element of risk, warned the Securities Commission Malaysia.
Asian banks being targeted, time to get holistic on security
Tinbapore is a malware that targets Asian banks, which signals a need to rethink security strategies, says an F5 Networks exec.
Banks say they’re at risk from data breaches at retailers, telcos
Fraud executives from 18 leading APAC banks all indicated that data breaches in other industries will harm financial institutions in 2016.
E-commerce fuels payment gateway boom, and vice versa
The e-commerce boom in Asia has benefited not just customers but also payment gateway providers, writes Benjamin Cher.
Singaporean SMEs Part 3: The view up there
The final article of a three-part series on Singaporean SMEs and digital transformation looks at how successful government programmes have been.
Big data analytics key to addressing fraud at the root
Setting up protection such as two-factor authentication or firewalls may only delay fraud from happening, at best; the key to solving the problem at the root level lies in banks' ability to analyse and make sense of the pool of data they own, according to SAS fraud and money-laundering detection specialist Rohan Langley.
EY appoints forensics head in Singapore
Professional services organiation EY has appointed Reuben Khoo as an EY partner and head of Forensics Technology and Discovery Services in Asia Pacific.
Akamai warns banks of new ‘crime kit’
Akamai Technologies Inc is alerting banks and enterprises to the use of Yummba webinject tools in banking fraud, and making banks even more vulnerable to malware.
CA’s new Risk Analytics helps card issuers combat fraud
CA Technologies said its new release of CA Risk Analytics includes intelligent, self-learning authentication technologies that help reduce friction for consumers during online checkout, and also allow card issuers to reduce incidents of fraud, increase revenue, and gain new levels of flexibility and control in their fraud detection systems.