Regulation & Risk

Risks from ‘bad bots’ rising for banks

Risks from ‘bad bots’ rising for banks

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Financial services was one of the worst-affected industries by sophisticated bot traffic last year, according to US cyber security software company Imperva, which released its annual bad-bot report in April. Bad bots — software applications running automated tasks with malicious intent over the internet — accounted for 25.6% of all website traffic in 2020, according to … Read more

Turmoil in Belarus takes toll on banks

Turmoil in Belarus takes toll on banks

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It has been almost six months since Belarus’s autocratic president Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory in a rigged presidential election in August last year, which led to widespread protests across the country involving hundreds of thousands people. The protests have continued to take place even during the freezing Belarusian winter, and the unrest represents … Read more