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Cybercrime

  • Insurers falling short in modelling cyber and natural catastrophe risks, Bank of England warns

    Insurance

    The UK’s insurance regulator has called on insurers to bolster their cyber and natural catastrophe risk modelling capabilities in preparation for a period of “high volatility and uncertainty”. In a letter sent to UK insurance companies today, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which sits within the Bank of England, warned insurers models are continuing to [...]

  • Cost-of-living crisis will fuel tsunami of cyber attacks in 2023, warns industry insider

    Cyber Security

    The cost-of-living crisis is fuelling a surge in cyber attacks on UK businesses, a leading fraud expert has warned. Leigham Martin, group head of infrastructure and security at Connectus Business Solutions, shared with City A.M. that cutting costs on security will spell disaster for businesses. “There is increasing evidence that some businesses are looking to [...]

  • Darktrace shares down over 10 per cent after firm cuts revenue forecast

    Cyber security

    British cyber-security company Darktrace cut its full-year revenue forecast on Wednesday after prospective customers turned more reluctant to run product trials due to the worsening economic environment. The company, which listed in April 2021, said it now expected its constant currency annual recurring revenue (ARR) to increase by between 29.0 per cent and 31.5 per [...]

  • Exclusive: Surge in fraud and scams sends shivers through the City’s financial services space

    January 11, 2023

    Close to half of Londoners believe the financial services industry is more vulnerable to fraud and scams than ever before. And for good reason. In fact, with fraud costing the UK £9.3bn a year, identity theft leaping 11 per cent to an all-time high in 2021 and, for the year ending September 2021, overall fraud was [...]

  • 18-year-old Brit arrested in international raid on hacker-for-hire sites

    December 15, 2022

    An 18-year-old in Devon has been arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) following a series of international raids on DDoS-for-hire websites. The international operation – dubbed Operation PowerOFF – saw the FBI, NCA, Europol, and Netherlands Police shut down 48 of the world’s most popular DDoS-for-hire sites. DDoS-for-hire sites – also known as [...]

  • Lack of enforcement sees fraudsters resort to ‘brute force’ tactics, new report warns

    December 7, 2022

    Fraudsters are increasingly resorting to “brute force” tactics, having been emboldened by a lack of consequences for those who are caught, a new report says. A lack of enforcement has seen fraudsters adopt increasingly unsophisticated methods, the report by Interpol and identity verification company Onfido says. The situation has seen criminals turn to using blanket [...]

  • Govt strengthens cybersecurity laws for public services

    November 30, 2022

    The government said it will strengthen its cybersecurity laws to better protect essential services like water, energy and transport, from online attacks. In response to a public consultation earlier this year, the government has confirmed the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations will be strengthened to protect essential and digital services against increasingly sophisticated and frequent cyber attacks both now [...]

  • Threat of ‘catastrophic’ cyber attack requires new approach from insurers, new report says

    November 7, 2022

    The potential for a state-backed cyberattack to have a “catastrophic” impact on society requires a new approach to cyber insurance, reinsurance giant Swiss Re has said. The digitalization of critical infrastructure has created a situation in which a large scale cyberattack could have a “devastating” effect on society in having the potential to interrupt the [...]

  • Exclusive: ‘We have to believe the FCA does things in our best interest’ says fintech chief

    November 5, 2022

    Telecom giant EE said this morning it is planning to burst onto the fast-growing cyber security scene. The operator unveiled new products such as alarm systems and an online cyber security package. The telco’s move underpins the fast-growing character of the cyber security space. Particularly the need for ID verification online seems to be stronger than [...]

  • British companies are failing to keep up with criminals, in-house lawyers warn

    November 3, 2022

    In-house lawyers working in major British companies are becoming increasingly concerned that the firms they work for are failing to keep up with the methods being used by criminals to carry out financial crime. More than two-thirds of in-house lawyers surveyed by law firm Ashurst said they have concerns about their companies’ abilities to keep [...]

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