In the second half of 2011, the Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI) observed an increase in phishing attacks, attempted fraud and ransomware. This and other information is included in the semi-annual report published on May 4, 2012.
Attacks from cyberspace are becoming technically more sophisticated. Human beings are still the greatest risk, however, [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012
The Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL Committee published on 24 April 2012 a report on measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in Malta.
According to this evaluation report, no money laundering and financing of terrorism national risk assessment has been undertaken in the years under review (2007 – 2011). But the [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2012
This report presents a set of recommendations to improve the security of internet payments. These recommendations were developed by the European Forum on the Security of Retail Payments, SecuRe Pay (the “Forum”). The Forum was set up in 2011 as a voluntary cooperative initiative between authorities. It aims to facilitate common knowledge and [...]
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Posted on April 25th, 2012
The past year has been another active one for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). There have been setbacks, particularly in the prosecution of individuals, but it looks like anti-bribery enforcement efforts by the US and by prosecutors and [...]
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