Westpac accused of 23 million anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism breaches
One of Australia’s biggest banks could be facing massive fines after the country’s top financial accused it of breaking the law 23 million times.
Early Warning Services launches fraud detection solution
Early Warning Services, has launched Verify Identity, a synthetic identity fraud detection solution for qualifying financial services organisations, mobile network providers, corporations and government entities.
Kaseya hit by one of the largest cyberattacks in history with REvil hack
US IT provider Kaseya has become the latest in a growing line of organisations to suffer a cyberattack at the hands of the REvil ransomware group.
Ripjar exposes a shift to AI for adverse media screening
Ripjar, a prominent entity in identifying and combating malevolent and illicit activity, unveiled its 2023 State of Adverse Media Screening report which focuses on the utilisation of adverse media screening amongst compliance professionals.
Could 2022 be another dangerous year for business cybersecurity?
With the last two years witnessing a vast global move online due to Covid-19 restrictions, cybersecurity is rapidly climbing up the agenda of important priorities for companies. Going into 2022, will we see cybersecurity become a more important priority than ever?
What is the difference between advanced and qualified electronic signature?
As more firms digitise their operations, it is likely more confidential documents will need to be signed digitally. There are three types of e-signatures, but what ones are the highest security?
Supply chain security firm Scribe bags $7m seed funding
Software supply chain security company Scribe Security has raised $7m from a seed funding round headed by Elron Ventures.
TMB Bank subsidiary and KBank release electronic know your customer solutions
Two banks in Thailand have launched new electronic know your customer (e-KYC) solutions.
Why are KYC solutions becoming so important?
Knowing who you are dealing with is increasingly becoming a major focus for financial firms. Investment in the RegTech space has grown tremendously since 2014....
Communities of colour found to be more likely to suffer cyberattacks
A survey by internet security firm Malwarebytes has found that black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) are more likely to suffer from identity theft.