March 29, 2021
Hackers start forging “Official” vaccination certificates on Darknet
So there’s a strong and growing demand for vaccinations and test results because of the greater freedoms they will give to people. And of course, there will always be people who don’t want to wait for their official vaccination, or for an official negative test result – and shady people willing to service that demand.
March 28, 2021
FBI: Cybercrime losses topped US$4.2 billion in 2020
Tech support fraud is increasingly becoming a larger problem, with losses from scams surpassing US$146 million, which is a 171% year-on-year increase. Con artists usually try to defraud their victims by offering to resolve non-existent technical issues, such as a software license expiring, or warning them that their email or bank accounts have been “compromised”.
March 28, 2021
Cybersecurity-first approach for businesses using new FinTech solutions
According to research from ESET, which looked at the attitudes of 1,200 senior managers across the world, over two-thirds (68%) of senior business leaders expect their company’s investment in FinTech to increase to some extent in 2021-2022. However, as is the case with any new technology, this growing adoption of FinTech creates new risks for businesses.
March 9, 2021
Abu Dhabi’s TII appoints international experts to board of advisors at SSRC
Secure Systems Research Centre is one of the initial seven dedicated centres at Technology Innovation Institute and is among the few global centres of its kind to bring together experts to conduct groundbreaking research in the field of secure systems. The distinguished new Board of Advisors have combined expertise in security and resilience relating to autonomous computing.
