Cybercrime is often more than just a demonstration of hacking skills. The attacker could be motivated by money, but equally by nationalism, a search for notoriety or revenge. The victim […]
Digital payment technology has made it faster, cheaper and easier to move money. But it’s also proved a goldmine for scammers. In this article we review three recent digital payment […]
My old boss, Bob Diamond, used to call the UK clearing banks (including Barclays, our mutual employer at the time) the “Big Dumb Banks”. He had a point. Back then […]
A recent payment fraud started from a gym theft. The story contains valuable lessons about mobile security. In an article I wrote for New Money Review last year, I uncovered […]
Against an uncertain economic backdrop, one industry is booming. Internet fraudsters are scamming more and more victims worldwide. Using increasingly sophisticated methods, they are now stealing even from the most […]
Tim Yunusov is a computer scientist and security researcher with a special interest in banking and payment systems. He’s also written a series of articles on hacking for New Money […]
Some frauds and scams aimed at emptying your bank account are ringing alarm bells. But what about the ones that aren’t? Authorised push payment fraud (APPF) – where the victim […]
How criminals can profit from shared liability BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) is a type of short-term financing allowing consumers to make purchases and pay at a later date (often […]
How to create a debit card using stolen ID details Tim Yunusov, our intrepid hacking correspondent, shows how easy it is to circumvent technology firms’ ID checks–and to spend money […]
Payment cards linked to cryptocurrencies are booming. But they combine a new technology (crypto) and an old one (card payment networks). In this guest post, payments security researcher Timur Yunusov […]