For many people, summer is synonymous with holidays. But not for cyber crooks, who are particularly active online when you use credit cards to book your flights, trains and hotels.
Bruno Buonaguidi, whose research aims to improve cyber fraud-prevention tools, explains how credit card information is stolen and what you can do to avoid falling victim.
|
Online frauds on credit cards are on the rise especially during holidays.
Mighty Travels/Flickr
Bruno Buonaguidi, Università della Svizzera italiana
Cyber financial crime is on the rise globally. Here's how you can stay safe.
|
Business + Economy
|
-
Rodrigo Zeidan, NYU Shanghai
China manipulates its currency, but without real economic effects on the rest of the world.
-
Henkel Garcia U, Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB)
How is a country that was once South America's richest now on the verge of bankruptcy? A Venezuelan economist breaks down his country's descent into chaos.
|
|
Environment + Energy
|
-
James Watson, The University of Queensland; Martine Maron, The University of Queensland
The Great Barrier Reef has avoided being listed as "in danger" by UNESCO. But celebrating this is dangerously short-sighted.
|
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Kumuda Simpson, La Trobe University
While the full details of the much-anticipated Trump-Putin meeting are not yet known, it appears Donald Trump gained little while conceding much.
-
Joel Carpenter, Calvin College
Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the hot spots of Christian higher education growth worldwide, a trend that can be observed across the continent.
|
|