Visa invests billions to fight increasingly sophisticated cybercrime

Photo courtesy of payments technology company Visa showing its global chief risk officer, Paul Fabara. EFE/Visa /EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS/MANDATORY CREDIT

Miami, Apr 29 (EFE).- Cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are looking for more ambitious targets in people, companies and institutions, warned the global chief risk officer of payment technology company Visa, Paul Fabara, who says investing in technology is a way to always be one step ahead of thieves. The pandemic caused millions of … Read more

Kazakhstan says reforms to move forward despite protests

NUR-SULTAN (KAZAKHSTAN), 04/28/2022.- The person in charge of prosecuting crime in the Kazakhstan Prosecutor's Office, Eldos Kilymzhanov, during a press conference Thursday in Nur-Sultan. Kilymzhanov said that about 5,000 cases remain open while investigations continue to establish who was behind the violence. EFE/Luis Angel Reglero

Nur-Sultan, Apr 28 (EFE).- Planned democratic reforms in Kazakhstan are to continue even if protests like the ones that rocked the country in January break out, Kazakh Secretary of State Erlan Karin said Thursday.  “The only response (to protests) is not to stop the reforms,” ​​Karin stressed when asked about the outbreak of violence in … Read more

Kazakhstan committed to building bridges between Europe and Asia despite war

Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko during a press conference in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan on Wednesday. Kazakhstan, immersed in a process of internal reforms, is continuing with its policy to build bridges between Europe and Asia, despite facing difficult circumstances due to the war in Ukraine. EFE/Luis Angel Reglero

Nur-Sultan, Apr 27 (EFE).- Kazakhstan, immersed in a process of internal reforms, is continuing with its policy to build bridges between Europe and Asia, despite facing difficult circumstances due to the war in Ukraine. “We are at a very significant moment,” said Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko on Wednesday in Nur-Sultan, referring to the … Read more