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How to secure an insecure world

Another major focal point of the debate last week was around information security, something that I presented around in-depth.  My tenet is that banks should place themselves firmly at the heart of information security and offer customers a secure data vault.  The bankers' reaction to this is: doesn’t that make us a target for hackers,…

How do you secure yourself in an insecure world?

Just gave a presentation at the EFMA Conference this week on online insecurity, exacerbated by mobile hacktivists. I'm quite pleased with it, as it's newly refreshed material, so here it is. Efma, no one is safe, 290513 from Chris Skinner There is a sound file recording which gives you the presentation speech to go with the…

How to steal … the easy way

We were privileged to host Tony Sales last week. Tony is Britain’s Greatest Fraudster, according to the Sun … … stealing over £30 million in a lengthy criminal spree of robbing cards and retailers of goods and services. Easily done, as it turned out. And you can see why when you listen to this phone…

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How to steal … the easy way

We were privileged to host Tony Sales last week. Tony is Britain’s Greatest Fraudster, according to the Sun … … stealing over £30 million in a lengthy criminal spree of robbing cards and retailers of goods and services. Easily done, as it turned out. And you can see why when you listen to this phone…

Tony1

How to catch a cybercriminal

Growing up in 21st century is wondrous, amazing and fun. You can connect to everyone on the planet. You can find friends from Tokyo to Timbuktu. You can catch an airplane like your dad caught a bus. You can pay carry a roomful of music around in your pocket and watch movies through the air….

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How to catch a cybercriminal

Growing up in 21st century is wondrous, amazing and fun. You can connect to everyone on the planet. You can find friends from Tokyo to Timbuktu. You can catch an airplane like your dad caught a bus. You can pay carry a roomful of music around in your pocket and watch movies through the air….

Koobface

How the Russian mafia use the banking system (especially Britain’s)

I was wondering what to blog about today, as it’s grey and cold and wet and miserable and … then I realised, I should blog about Russia. Here in London, we’ve gradually seen a takeover of some of our key financial and national assets by billionaires from the former Soviet Union states. Some of these…

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£3 million from a simple ATM skim

I was just surfing the BBC news for information about the new Governor of the Bank of England and found this as the #1 most viewed video clip today.   The story is about a Romanian fraudster who admitted to stealing £3 million from a card-skimming scam.  He couldn’t exactly deny it, as he was caught…

Next generation authentication: DNA?

I’ve blogged often about the issues of identity, passwords, lack of security and the whole gamut of how mobile internet combined with social media changes everything.  Now it’s hit the mainstream media when British Airways magazine has its main front page talking about cybercrime. The first line gives away the rhythm of the article: “How…

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What is an acceptable level of fraud?

Derek Wylde, Group Head of Fraud at HSBC, presented at the Financial Services Club last week.  He talked about many aspects of fraud and risk, and presented quite  a few numbers related to the issue. One of the charts raised questions in my mind.  It related to the total cost of payment card fraud.  According…

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