Security Documents & IT

• Eye imaging tech can detect fake travel docs ‘in seconds’

  05-Feb-21 - An imaging technique developed for medical applications could be repurposed as a speedy way to verify travel documents.

• Bulgarian ID fakers use Stallone image on advertising

  01-Feb-21 - The actor’s image was used “as an example of the high quality of their workmanship” in creating counterfeits.

• Europol warns about fake COVID vaccination certificates

  01-Feb-21 - After fake vaccines, Europol predicts a trade in counterfeit testing certificates will be the next fraud flashpoint.

• De La Rue ups earnings forecast as polymer biz improves

  28-Jan-21 - The company also announces an expansion of UK polymer substrate production that will create 70 jobs.

• €450k in fake euros found in Romania

  28-Jan-21 - The counterfeiters had recently acquired the necessary tech to make polymer notes as well as fake Romanian lei.

• Three men jailed after UK’s biggest-ever counterfeit cash haul

  22-Jan-21 - Trio used specialist printing equipment normally associated with production of high volumes of magazines or leaflets.

• Singapore scientists develop AI-based anti-counterfeit tech

  19-Jan-21 - Durable tags resist damage by environmental conditions and sidestep bottlenecks seen with other approaches, they say.

• World’s largest dark web marketplace is taken down

  13-Jan-21 - DarkMarket had 500,000 users and more than 2,400 sellers and had generated at least $170m in illegal trade.
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  Declaring war against cyber-negligence

  07-Jan-21 - American businesses and government agencies alike must take a drastically different approach to cybersecurity.

• Law to curb anonymous companies is enacted in US

  05-Jan-21 - The legislation is designed to end the incorporation of anonymous shell companies used to launder criminal profits.

• House overturns Trump’s veto on anonymous US firms bill

  29-Dec-20 - Corporate Transparency Act is part of annual defense spending bill, and is due for a Senate vote today.

• Finland busts dark net web marketplace Sipulimarket

  15-Dec-20 - Finnish Customs have shut down the Sipulimarket dark web marketplace and seized all its content.

• Nominet blocks 22,000 .UK domains for criminal activity

  02-Dec-20 - Registrar proactively sought to weed out coronavirus-related domains registered for criminal intent.

• De La Rue boosted by profit rise, but authentication revenues dip

  25-Nov-20 - Pandemic effect pegs back authentication unit, but company sees a return to growth in the second half.

• Spain’s Smart Protection raise €10m for anti-piracy platform

  21-Nov-20 - Spain’s Smart Protection has raised €10m in a second-round financing that will be used to expand further overseas.

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