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All wired up – redress for dishonest account transfers
Parham Kouchikali (+44 (0) 20 3060 6189, parham.kouchikali@rpc.co.uk) is a partner at RPC.
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Parry and thrust – active online defence
Automated attack models and the Internet of Things are escalating cyber-risk but defences are also strengthening, finds Mandy Kovacs.Cyber-criminals, emboldened by new technologies, are deploying automation tools to scale up and intensify their..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Online frontline – bank security
Banks and cybercriminals are locked in a ‘cold war arms race’ with no end in sight – the theft of funds from 9,000 Tesco Bank customers just one more battle lost. Andrew Burnyeat interrogates the present threat set and asks how..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
How hackers can jackpot an ATM
Alex Mathews is lead security evangelist EMEA for Positive Technologies – a global provider of enterprise security solutions for vulnerability and compliance management, incident and threat analysis, and application protection (www.ptsecurity.com).
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Plotting a course through secrecy offshore
Christopher Smith, a licensed insolvency practitioner, is senior manager with Krys Global in the Cayman Islands. Contact him on +1 345 815 8414 or christopher.smith@krys-global.com.
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Ex-HBOS managers bribed to channel business to restructuring firm
By Sara Lewis
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Cloud cover
The sheer weight of data filling their
servers is driving organisations to look to cloud-based fraud tools able to
scan and analyse it. Andrew Burnyeat
and Kitty So talk to leading
providers.Big data means big money, especially for
telecoms and..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rolls-Royce - cooperation not confession unlocks DPA
Alexandra Underwood (+44 (0)207 861 4666, alexandra.underwood@fieldfisher.com) is a partner in the Fraud and Corporate Crime team at Fieldfisher LLP.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Step inside
Iyad Mourtada CFE, CIA, CMA, CCSA, CRMA, CPLP, CSX, MA is an international speaker, trainer and author with a diverse background in internal auditing, financial management and fraud examination. He is the general manager of OpenThinking, a business training company in Dubai and an authorised ACFE trainer in the UAE. This article is based on his upcoming book ‘The Fraud Examiner Mindset’.
Online Published Date:
07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Travellers’ checks
Cheap flights and last minute deals:
holiday cover starts at home, not with insurance or sunscreen on the beach,
says Mandy Kovacs. Global travel fraud has risen sharply with
the burgeoning number of websitese offering tickets, accommodation,..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Over-sharing: youth online
Young people, the ‘always on’ generation, in constant contact with each other, would do well to think cyber-crime risk before they post: Mandy Kovacs asks whether they do.“The younger generation has a higher risk of being targeted..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
On demand – investigating the job market
Curiosity, scepticism, attention to
detail – the essential anti-fraud skills will always be sought, but the
profession is expanding, specialising, which creates new opportunities, finds Alan Osborn.Fraud investigation has come a long way..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Rebuilding confidence – the mortgage market
Tough regulation and heavy penalties in
the wake of the 2008 financial crisis are bearing down on mortgage application fraud
in both the United States and the United Kingdom but the picture is less
positive elsewhere. Sara Lewis
reports.In the..
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07 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 25 January 2017
Alstom [part 4] - could an SFO DPA top $500m?
Robert Maxwell, CEO finINTEL Solutions Ltd
Online Published Date:
08 February 2017
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April/May 2017 - 23 March 2017
Blockbuster funding of SFO set to stay
Large-scale investigations by the UK Serious Fraud Office will continue to depend on additional blockbuster funding from the Treasury, the Solicitor General confirmed in a Parliamentary debate on 7 February. [1]Robert Buckland QC told MPs that while..
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09 February 2017
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Trump rolls back financial regulation safeguards
By Sara Lewis
Online Published Date:
09 February 2017
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April/May 2017 - 23 March 2017
MEPs agree law to fight €600 billion annual fraud
By Sara Lewis, in
Brussels
Online Published Date:
16 February 2017
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February/March 2017 - 09 December 2016