December 9, 2015 - UK and US bankers place fears about cybercrime at the top of a list of 24 possible risks to the financial services industry, beating off traditional worries about excessive regulation and economic growth.

December 8, 2015 - Negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed on the first EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity.

December 1, 2015 - Over 60% of risk managers at financial services firms think that the probability of a "high-impact event" on the global system has increased over the last six months, with worries about cyber-attacks driving the rising jitteriness, according to a Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation survey.

November 25, 2015 - The world's banks are to hike their IT and innovation budgets over the coming year to counter the growing threat from large tech companies like Apple and Google, according to a Capgemini survey of clients of core tech vendor Temenos.

November 25, 2015 - While more than two thirds (68 per cent) of online users would immediately stop using a bank or retailer if the site suffered a security attack or data breach, a quarter would continue using the site. This is according to a survey conducted for global information security and risk management company, NTT Com Security.

November 25, 2015 - Hilton Hotels has confirmed a malware breach that siphoned customer payment data at the checkout, becoming the latest hotel chain to be hacked in a spate of online assaults hitting the hospitality sector.

November 25, 2015 - Technology vendors supplying services to financial market infrastructures (FMI) should be subject to rigorous cyber-security checks to protect the integrity and stability of the financial system, say global regulators in a new consultative paper.