HSBC Holdings Pls completes world’s 1st finance transaction using blockchain technology

As per a study conducted by the United Nations, adopting blockchain technology could potentially boost the turnover of importers and exporters by 44% while slashing their cost by up to 31%. On Monday, in a significant development, HSBC Holdings Plc disclosed it has successfully completed the world’s first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology. The…

Major online fashion stores don’t follow basic online security practices: BuzzFeed report

A big majority of fashion brands are still storing client data in plain text. In a mind numbing incident, BuzzFeed News discovered that a significant number of major fashion stores are storing the personal information of tens of thousands of its customers in plain text on their servers, which makes job of hackers frighteningly simple:…

Major online fashion stores don’t follow basic online security practices: BuzzFeed report

A big majority of fashion brands are still storing client data in plain text.   In a mind numbing incident, BuzzFeed News discovered that a significant number of major fashion stores are storing the personal information of tens of thousands of its customers in plain text on their servers, which makes job of hackers frighteningly…

FBI alerts companies to e-mail wire transfer scams

Companies who in the course of their business routinely wire transfer monies overseas are particularly susceptible to this scam. According to the FBI, companies across the United States have lost billions of dollars to scams as fraudsters impersonate company executives through emails requesting staff to transfer monies to accounts controlled by them. Losses from these…