Posts Tagged cybercrime

  • $4 million for cybercrime research

    eBay’s head of trust & safety Alastair MacGibbon says he’s “Seen some pretty dodgy crime stats peddled by some people in the last few years.”Of course in the absence of any substantial studies on the size of the problem, the media is left to report the results of what are often statistic...

  • Cyberwars forum stimulates debate

    RaboPlus has laid down the gauntlet to its competitors over online banking security.Probably the most amusing comment of the many that stimulated debate at last weeks Cyberwars forum was Bryan Inch comparing online banking to faulty cars.Inch told the audience during a panel discussion alongside ANZ...

  • Cybercrime hype – it’s all relative

    Nice piece in today's Courier Mail on online banking fraud:"Trust no one, to be safe"I spoke to Paddy Hintz at length on the issue and was bracing myself for another beat up on cybercrime. In reality, it turned out to be a very balanced yarn.I suppose comparatively speaking the moves by the NZ Banke...

  • Westpac Trust Centre backs wireless PKI for authentication

    Westpac has confirmed it is looking to wireless PKI as the “game changing technology” that will help drive mobile banking and protect consumer trust in online financial services.Speaking at last week’s Banktech conference, CIO for Consumer Financial Services, Patrick Eltridge, said mobile bank...

  • NZ banks under fire over online fraud liability

    The New Zealand Bankers’ Association has taken a harder line than its Australian counterparts in assigning responsibility for online banking fraud losses.We’ve discussed the challenges of obtaining consistency on this issue before. However, since then the New Zealand Bankers Association has rele...