Risk-Based Authentication
Welcome to the March edition of the Arcot podcast! In this podcast, James Jenkins and Matt Cooke share their perspectives on Strong customer authentication (SCA), which is at the forefront of payment adoption. Get more insights into how we do risk-based authentication, allowing legitimate transactions to just keep flowing with higher approval rates for issuers, which means higher approval rates for merchants, which means that everyone's winning! Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter to stay updated via email. Hope you enjoy this edition!
3-D Secure Best Practices
Welcome to the February edition of the Arcot podcast! In this podcast, James Jenkins and Matt Cooke share details of our upcoming Arcot 3DS Summit in London and discuss 3DS best practices. Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter to stay updated via email. Hope you enjoy this edition!
Looking Ahead Toward Payments Security in 2023
Welcome to the January edition of the Arcot podcast! In this podcast, James Jenkins and Matt Cooke share 2022 reflections, provide insights into what’s ahead in 2023, and discuss plans to support clients. We also review industry trends and the rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence together with their implications for both digital and payments security. Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter to stay updated via email. Hope you enjoy this edition!
Arcot 3DS Summit, Scorecards and Crypto
Welcome to the November edition of the Arcot podcast! In this podcast, James Jenkins and Matt Cooke share information on the Visa and Arcot payment frameworks, the new self-service customer journey designer, and the latest Arcot Global Scorecard. Listen in to get highlights from the recent Arcot 3DS Summit in the UK, key changes post-sunset of 3DS 1.0.2, and thoughts on the recent events in the world of crypto. Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter to stay updated via email. Hope you enjoy this edition!
New Billbug campaign, Prestige ransomware, and multiple arrests of alleged cyber-crime gang members
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Brigid O Gorman and Dick O’Brien discuss the Symantec Threat Hunter Team’s latest blog detailing a recent campaign by the Billbug espionage group, in which it targeted a certificate authority and multiple government agencies in various countries in Asia. We also discuss a new strain of ransomware called Prestige, which is being used in attacks against Ukraine, while we also take a look some recent arrests of suspects that are alleged to have been involved in major cyber crime groups - with one suspect alleged to have been involved in the JabberZeus gang arrested in Switzerland, while an alleged member of the LockBit ransomware group was apprehended in Canada.