Security Documents & IT

• Businesses push back on UN cybercrime convention

  30-Aug-24 - Draft has been simultaneously hailed as a major step forward for law enforcement and an assault on online rights and freedoms.

• Pakistan mulls polymer banknote move to fight forgeries

  29-Aug-24 - A polymer version of one note denomination will be piloted later this year, says central bank chief Jameel Ahmed.

• Prolific fake euro forger arrested in Italy

  20-Aug-24 - Carabinieri arrested a notorious money forger last week, seizing €3m in notes and dismantling a sophisticated print shop.

• Survey gauges impact of fraud on businesses

  06-Aug-24 - Almost two-thirds of all e-commerce brands have found themselves at the centre of public media storms when fraud hits.

• North Macedonia official arrested for euro counterfeiting

  06-Aug-24 - The 34-year-old man was taken into custody in Kosovo after an investigation by the Kosovar and Macedonian authorities.

• Royal Mail launches counterfeit-spotting app feature

  05-Aug-24 - Feature has been introduced amid controversy over £5 charges for people who were sent mail with a fake stamp.

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.

• De La Rue's future in doubt as loan payment deadline looms

  25-Jul-24 - All will hinge on the sale of at least one of its authentication and currency businesses, with negotiations ongoing.

• Authentix buys Nanotech Security assets from Meta Materials

  25-Jul-24 - Authentication tech specialist Nanotech Security Corp was sold to Meta Materials for $73 million just three years ago.

• As Microsoft outage resolves, beware cybercriminals

  21-Jul-24 - Incident has been followed by a rise in phishing and malware-backed attacks, according to cybersecurity experts.

• Hackers target commercial shipping with USB sticks

  19-Jul-24 - Infected sticks have been found on ships in Norwegian, Greek and Netherlands vessels in the last few months

• CargoNet says US cargo thefts dip after record Q1 levels

  12-Jul-24 - There were recorded 771 theft incidents in the period, a 33 per cent increase on the same period of 2023.

• US Senate passes anti-counterfeit awareness resolution

  10-Jul-24 - July should be denoted as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month, says text.

• Italian study shows impact of counterfeiting on companies

  26-Jun-24 - Smaller, low-tech companies are found to be most at risk of going out of business due to counterfeiting.

• Amazon files legal action against fake good facilitators

  19-Jun-24 - Lawsuits claim defendants used illicit schemes to counteract processes designed to prevent the listing of counterfeits.

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